The impact of drug-history clerking using computerised notes in the ICU on subsequent prescribing

Pharmacy in Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-18

  Chahal, Jagjot Kaur ^a   Shulman, Rob ^b   Taylor, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ERROR; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 33847071645     PISSN: 13581538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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