Patient safety features of clinical computer systems: questionnaire survey of GP views.

C J Morris; B S P Savelyich; A Avery; J A Cantrill; A Sheikh

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Patient safety features of clinical computer systems: questionnaire survey of GP views.

June 29, 2005

Morris CJ, Savelyich BSP, Avery A, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14(3):164-8.

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The authors assessed physicians' views on the importance of patient safety features in computer support systems and their awareness of such features.

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