Using information technology to improve surgical safety
- 27 July 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 91 (8) , 939-940
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.4636
Abstract
Patient Safety Leading Article Series, 2004 Dr David W Bates of Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, has for some years had a major interest in information technology in healthcare. Here, he continues our ‘Patient Safety’ series of leading articles, exploring how the tools of the modern era can help avoid harm in the surgical arena.Keywords
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