Impact of electronic prescribing in a hospital setting: A process-focused evaluation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 546-554

  Cunningham, Thomas R ^a   Geller, E Scott ^a   Clarke, Steven W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral interventions in hospitals; CPOE; Medical error; Medication error; Organizational behavior management; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

(E ,3E) PROCESS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; EQUIVALENT CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; ORDERING PROTOCOLS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; VIRGINIA;

EID: 45249086344     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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