E-Prescribing Collaboration in Massachusetts: Early Experiences from Regional Prescribing Projects

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-244

  Halamka, John ^a   Aranow, Meg ^a   Ascenzo, Carl ^a   Bates, David W ^a   Berry, Kate ^a   Debor, Greg ^a   Fefferman, Jessica ^a   Glaser, John ^a   Heinold, Jerilyn ^a   Stanley, John ^a   Stone, Diane L ^a   Sullivan, Thomas E ^a   Tripathi, Micky ^a   Wilkinson, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOFTWARE; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646499409     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2028     Document Type: Article

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