Successful system, incomplete data: Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards

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Successful system, incomplete data : Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards. / Hertzum, Morten.

MEDINFO2017 Proceedings. IOS Press, 2017. p. 1033-1037 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 245).

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Hertzum, M 2017, Successful system, incomplete data: Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards. in MEDINFO2017 Proceedings. IOS Press, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 245, pp. 1033-1037. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-1033

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Hertzum, M. (2017). Successful system, incomplete data: Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards. In MEDINFO2017 Proceedings (pp. 1033-1037). IOS Press. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics Vol. 245 https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-1033

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Hertzum M. Successful system, incomplete data: Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards. In MEDINFO2017 Proceedings. IOS Press. 2017. p. 1033-1037. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 245). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-1033

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Hertzum, Morten. / Successful system, incomplete data : Caveats in reusing activity data from emergency-department whiteboards. MEDINFO2017 Proceedings. IOS Press, 2017. pp. 1033-1037 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 245).

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