Information integrity in healthcare enterprises: strategies for mitigation of medical errors
by Kevin C. Desouza, Darrin Thomas, Yifeng Zhang, Yukika Awazu
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Vol. 6, No. 2, 2004

Abstract: Ensuring information integrity in healthcare enterprises is salient. Today, medical errors resulting from the poor processing of information are pervasive in most healthcare organisations. In this paper, we provide a systematic framework, grounded in the theory of semiotics, to study medical errors. We then show the viability of human-machine strategies for addressing various categories of medical errors.

Online publication date: Wed, 04-Aug-2004

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