Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: Potential to improve medication safety

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-236

  Galt, Kimberly A ^a   Rule, Ann M ^a   Houghton, Bruce ^b   Young, Daniel O ^b   Remington, Gina ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROCOMPUTER; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACISTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844525727     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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