title: Converting to a new incident reporting system.
abstract: The author discusses his department's conversion to a new incident reporting system--why the decision was made, how the program was set up and data were entered, the purchase and installation of new computers, the computer network itself, the flow plan for reports, how training was conducted, and what problems had to be overcome.
authors.affiliation: Thomason Hospital, El Paso, TX, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Camacho
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012985:Software Design; D013781:Texas