Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent
Errors or mistakes committed by health professionals which result in harm to the patient. They include errors in diagnosis (DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS), errors in the administration of drugs and other medications (MEDICATION ERRORS), errors in the performance of surgical procedures, in the use of other types of therapy, in the use of equipment, and in the interpretation of laboratory findings. Medical errors are differentiated from MALPRACTICE in that the former are regarded as honest mistakes or accidents while the latter is the result of negligence, reprehensible ignorance, or criminal intent
The condition in which individuals are financially unable to access adequate medical care without depriving themselves and their dependents of food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials of living
Automated systems applied to the patient care process including diagnosis, therapy, and systems of communicating medical data within the health care setting
Medical informatics -- Belgium -- Congresses : Health Continuum and Data Exchange in Belgium and in the Netherlands : Proceedings of Medical Informatics Congress (MIC 2004) & 5th Belgian e-Health Conference / edited by Francis H. Roger France [and others]
2004
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Medical informatics -- Caribbean Area : Development connections : unveiling the impact of new information technologies / Alberto Chong, editor ; Inter-American Development Bank
Medical informatics -- Chile : Developing a strategic program for Chilean health information technology : environmental scan and key informant interviews / Erin Audrey Taylor [and 6 others]
2016
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Medical informatics -- China : Clinical Chinese named entity recognition in natural language processing / Shuli Guo, Lina Han, Wentao Yang
Medical Informatics Computing -- ethics : An examination of emerging bioethical issues in biomedical research : proceedings of a workshop / Siobhan Addie, Meredith Hackmann, Kelly Choi, Theresa Wizemann, and Sarah H. Beachy, rapporteurs ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Medical Informatics Computing -- standards : Building a HIPAA-compliant cybersecurity program : using NIST 800-30 and CSF to secure protected health information / Eric C. Thompson
Medical Informatics -- Dictionary -- English : Dictionary of health information technology and security / David Edward Marcinko, editor-in-chief ; Hope Rachel Hetico, managing editor
