Patient perceptions regarding electronic prescriptions: Is the geriatric patient ready?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1254-1259

  Lapane, Kate L ^a   Dubé, Catherine ^a   Schneider, Karen L ^a   Quilliam, Brian J ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory setting; Communication; E prescribing; Elderly; Geriatrics; Medication use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 34547094990     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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