Interventions to regulate ordering of serum magnesium levels: Report of an unintended consequence of decision support

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 546-553

  Rosenbloom, S Trent ^a,b,e   Chiu, Kou Wei ^c   Byrne, Daniel W ^b   Talbert, Doug A ^d   Neilson, Eric G ^b   Miller, Randolph A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Riverside Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^e Eskind Biomedical Library   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 24044454045     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1811     Document Type: Article

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