Medication errors in inpatient pharmacy operations and technologies for improvement

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 955-959

  Kuiper, Seth Alan ^a   McCreadie, Scott R ^b   Mitchell, John F ^b   Stevenson, James G ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UMHHC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMPUTERIZED PRESCRIBER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34247628358     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060267     Document Type: Note

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