Electronic prescribing systems in pediatrics: The rationale and functionality requirements

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1229-1231

  Simonian, Mark M ^a   Schneider, Joseph H ^a   Benson, Kristin A ^a   D'Alessandro, Donna M ^a   Del Beccaro, Mark A ^a   Drummond, Willa H ^a   Kim, George R ^a   Leu, Michael ^a   Lund, Gregg C ^a   Marcus, Eugenia ^a   Zuckerman, Alan E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Clinical decision support; Computer assisted therapy; Electronic prescribing; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE CALCULATION; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 34249893412     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0888     Document Type: Review

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