Electronic prescribing and computer-assisted decision support systems

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 541-543

  Nolan, Andrew M ^a,b   Norquay, Carol A ^a,c   Dartnell, Jonathan G A ^a,b,c   Harvey, Ken J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Therapeutic Guidelines Limited   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033571464     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb123791.x     Document Type: Review

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