Policy and the future of adverse event detection using information technology.

David W. Bates; Scott Evans; Harvey J. Murff; Peter D. Stetson; Lisa Pizziferri; George Hripcsak

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Policy and the future of adverse event detection using information technology.

March 6, 2005

Bates DW, Evans S, Murff HJ, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003;10(2):226-8.

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