Abstract
Latent medical errors may occur in electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Analyses of medical errors, including the cognitive theory of action and the systems approach, are described. Key aspects of EMR systems are presented and examples are provided. A nomenclature is suggested to improve reporting and communication about EMR errors. The nomenclature uses concepts of an error state and a precipitating event. The error state comprises an error element, an error condition, and an error context. The precipitating event comprises an event agent, and event task, and an event context. The event task includes a task object, a task action, and task parameters. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Phillips, W., & Gong, Y. (2009). Developing a nomenclature for EMR errors. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5613 LNCS, pp. 587–596). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02583-9_64
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