Practitioners' Views on Computerized Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts in the VA System

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-64

  Ko, Yu ^a   Abarca, Jacob ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^a   Dare, Donna C ^b   Geraets, Doug ^c   Houranieh, Antoun ^b   Jones, William N ^d   Nichol, W Paul ^e   Schepers, Gregory P ^f   Wilhardt, Michelle ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA PBM/CMOP   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE DATABASE; VETERAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845463347     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2224     Document Type: Article

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