Medication Administration Discrepancies Persist Despite Electronic Ordering

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 756-764

  FitzHenry, Fern ^a   Peterson, Josh F ^a   Arrieta, Mark ^a   Waitman, Lemuel R ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^a   Miller, Randolph A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE PRACTITIONER; THERAPEUTIC ERROR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIURETICS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35648996434     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2359     Document Type: Article

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