Impact of computerized prescriber order entry on the incidence of adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1058-1066

  Holdsworth, Mark T ^a   Fichtl, Richard E ^b   Raisch, Dennis W ^c   Hewryk, Adrianne ^b   Behta, Maryam ^b   Mendez Rico, Elena ^b   Wong, Cindy L ^d,e   Cohen, Jennifer ^d,f   Bostwick, Susan ^d   Greenwald, Bruce M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^f West Bloomfield Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Children; Computers

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36048962036     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3160     Document Type: Article

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