Role of computerized physician order entry systems in facilitating medication errors

JAMA

Volumn 293, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1197-1203

  Koppel, Ross ^a,d,f   Metlay, Joshua P ^a,c,d,e,g   Cohen, Abigail ^d   Abaluck, Brian ^f   Localio, A Russell ^a,d,e   Kimmel, Stephen E ^a,b,d   Strom, Brian L ^a,c,d,e  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Pulmonary Division   (United States)

^c Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^e Inst for Res and Reform in Educ   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION; GROUP PROCESS; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 14544304095     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.10.1197     Document Type: Article

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