Improving recognition of drug interactions benefits and barriers to using automated drug alerts

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1161-1171

  Glassman, Peter A ^a,c   Simon, Barbara ^b   Belperio, Pamela ^a   Lanto, Andrew ^b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Attitude toward computers; Computer assisted; Computerized; Drug therapy; Medical record systems; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOMATION; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036884965     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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