Use of personal digital assistants for documentation of pharmacists' interventions: A literature review

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1516-1525

  Fox, Brent I ^a   Felkey, Bill G ^a   Berger, Bruce A ^a   Krueger, Kem P ^b   Rainer Jr , Rex Kelly ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Information Systems Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Documentation; Interventions; Patient information; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Security

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACIST; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 34447576761     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060152     Document Type: Review

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