The effect of computer-assisted prescription writing on emergency department prescription errors

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1168-1175

  Bizovi, Kenneth E ^a   Beckley, Brandon E ^a   McDade, Michelle C ^a   Adams, Annette L ^a   Lowe, Robert A ^a,b   Zechnich, Andrew D ^a,c   Hedges, Jerris R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted medication systems; Emergency medicine; Human drug therapy; Medication errors; Prescription drugs; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERROR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; OREGON; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0036844092     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1168     Document Type: Article

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