A difficult pill to swallow: Inpatient e-prescribing, rural and metropolitan experiences compared

Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Ribbons, Robert ^a,c   Milne, Leesa ^b   Allan, Kate ^a  

^a PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Northeast Health   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WARD;

EID: 26844558216     PISSN: 1479649X     EISSN: 1479649X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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