The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-321

  Bates, David W ^a,b   Teich, Jonathan M ^a,b   Lee, Joshua ^a   Seger, Diane ^a,b   Kuperman, Gilad J ^a,b   Ma'Luf, Nell ^a   Boyle, Deborah ^a   Leape, Lucian ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Partners Information Systems   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE FINDING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0032813705     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.00660313     Document Type: Article

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