Applying preventable drug-related morbidity indicators to the electronic patient record in UK primary care: Methodological development

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-229

  Hammersley, V S ^a,c   Morris, C J ^b   Rodgers, S ^a   Cantrill, J A ^b   Avery, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; INSULIN; POTASSIUM; WARFARIN;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; DATA EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALLING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTONIC BLADDER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MORBIDITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELIABILITY; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POTASSIUM; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745033333     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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