Personal digital assistant (PDA) clinical intervention documentation system: Development implementation, and comparison to a previous paper-based system

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Nystrom, Kelly K ^a,b   Foral, Pamela A ^a,b   Wilson, Amy F ^a   Christensen, Carla M ^b,c   Miller, Chanda K ^d  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b Alegent Heallth Bergan Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Verterans' Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical workload documentation; Cost avoidance; Cost savings; PDA; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

CLINICAL PHARMACY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACIST; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TECHNOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644510481     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4102-143     Document Type: Review

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