Automation of the medication history process: A case report

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1057-1061

  Weeks, Greg ^a   Stanley, Lisa ^a   Vinson, Michael C ^b  

^a Thomas Hospital   (United States)

^b HealthCare Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Medication history; Medication reconciliation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICATION HISTORY; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29944437276     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001857870504001207     Document Type: Article

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