Impact of a physician's order entry (POE) system on physicians' ordering patterns and patient length of stay

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-223

  Hwang, Jee In ^a,c   Park, Hyeoun Ae ^b   Bakken, Suzanne ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Physicians' order entry system; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELECTROLYTES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AUDITABILITY;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KOREA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037069255     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(02)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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