International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 11 , Pages 869-885 , December 2005

Clinical cognition and biomedical informatics: Issues of patient safety

  • Vimla L. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, VC-5, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 305 5643
    • ,
  • Leanne M. Currie

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.009

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 11 , Pages 869-885 , December 2005

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