Use of a handheld computer application for voluntary medication event reporting by inpatient nurses and physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 418-422

  Dollarhide, Adrian W ^a,b   Rutledge, Thomas ^a,b   Weinger, Matthew B ^c,d   Dresselhaus, Timothy R ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Handheld; Incident reporting; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION EVENT REPORTING TOOL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41549088753     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0404-0     Document Type: Article

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