An electronic chart prompt to decrease proprietary antibiotic prescription to self-pay patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a,b   Whitaker, David ^a   Winograd, Jonathan ^a   Brennan, John A ^a  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Clinical decision support; Compliance; Emergency department; Information systems

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 13844277115     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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