Information behavior in the context of improving patient safety.

Anu MacIntosh-Murray; Chun Wei Choo

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Information behavior in the context of improving patient safety.

September 11, 2009

MacIntosh-Murray A, Choo CW. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 2005;56(12).

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The authors present a case study exploring information exchange in a patient care unit and suggest roles that can support patient safety improvement through more effective information flow.

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