A trial of automated safety alerts for inpatient digoxin use with computerized physician order entry

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-277

  Galanter, William L ^a,c   Polikaitis, Audrius ^b   DiDomenico, Robert J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIGOXIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROLYTES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; SAFETY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 3042767347     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1500     Document Type: Article

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