Influence of computerised medication charts on medication errors in a hospital

Drug Safety

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1119-1129

  Van Gijssel Wiersma, Dieuwke G ^a,b   Van Den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^c,d   Walenbergh van Veen, Monique C M ^a  

^a GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c GGZ Midden Brabant   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 28844472526     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: 01145916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200528120-00006     Document Type: Article

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