Planning for pharmacy health information technology in critical access hospitals

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-321

  Hartzema, Abraham G ^a,g   Winterstein, Almut G ^a   Johns, Thomas E ^b   De Leon, Jessica M ^c   Bailey, Warren ^d   McDonald, Kathie ^e   Pannell, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b Shands HealthCare   (United States)

^c UF ^*  (United States)

^d Doctors Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e Florida Med Quality Assurance Inc   (United States)

^f FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Computers; Costs; Devices; Dispensing; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Information; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER; COST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFUSION PUMP; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

EID: 33846697047     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060134     Document Type: Review

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