Clinical decision support tools: Performance of personal digital assistant versus online drug information databases

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 12 I, 2007, Pages 1651-1658

  Clauson, Kevin A ^a   Polen, Hyla H ^a   Marsh, Wallace A ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Clinical decision making; Drug information; Handheld computers; Informatics; Online drug information databases; PDA; Personal digital assistant; Pharmacy informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHARMACOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 36849086853     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.12.1651     Document Type: Article

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