Electronic prescription as contributing factor for hospitalized patients' safety;Prescripción informatizada como factor contribuyente para la seguridad de los pacientes hospitalizados

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Gimenes, Fernanda R E ^a   Miasso, Adriana I ^a   De Lyra Jr , Divaldo P ^a   Grou, Cris Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAZIL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33746275517     PISSN: 1885642X     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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