Design and implementation of a point-of-care computerized system for drug therapy in Stockholm metropolitan health region-Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 497-506

  Sjöborg, Bengt ^a   Bäckström, Tobias ^a,b   Arvidsson, Lars Bertil ^a   Andersén Karlsson, Eva ^c   Blomberg, L Bengt ^a   Eiermann, Birgit ^a   Eliasson, Marie ^a   Henriksson, Kjell ^a   Jacobsson, Lennart ^a   Jacobsson, Ulf ^a   Julander, Margaretha ^a   Kaiser, Per Olof ^a   Landberg, Carina ^a   Larsson, Jonas ^a   Molin, Björn ^a   Gustafsson, Lars L ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems (CDSS); Computerized physician order entry (CPOE); Electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP); Implementation; Knowledge database

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (CDSS); COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE); ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF PRESCRIPTIONS (ETP); KNOWLEDGE DATABASE; METROPOLITAN POPULATION;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DRUG INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247882722     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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