The preparedness of hospital Health Information Services for system failures due to internal disasters.
The unimpeded functioning of hospital Health Information Services (HIS) is essential for patient care, clinical governance, organisational performance measurement, funding and research. In an investigation of hospital Health Information Services' preparedness for internal disasters, all hospitals in...
| Publicado en: | Health Information Management Journal Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 18 - 26 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2009
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