Improved compliance with quality measures at hospital discharge with a computerized physician order entry system

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 643-653

  Butler, Javed ^a,b   Speroff, Theodore ^a,c   Arbogast, Patrick G ^a,b   Newton, Martha ^b   Waitman, Lemuel R ^a   Stiles, Renee ^b,c   Miller, Randolph A ^a   Ray, Wayne ^a,b,c   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 33344468707     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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