Impact of emerging technologies on medication errors and adverse drug events

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1447-1458

  Oren, Eyal ^a   Shaffer, Ellen R ^a   Guglielmo, B Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Codes; Computers; Dispensing; Drug administration; Drugs, adverse reactions; Errors, medication; Medication orders; Physicians; Records; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW;

DRUG;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 0142089736     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/60.14.1447     Document Type: Article

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