A Randomized Trial of Electronic Clinical Reminders to Improve Medication Laboratory Monitoring

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Matheny, Michael E ^a   Sequist, Thomas D ^a,b   Seger, Andrew C ^a,c   Fiskio, Julie M ^a,d   Sperling, Michael ^d   Bugbee, Don ^d   Bates, David W ^a   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CARBAMAZEPINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 45849117983     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2602     Document Type: Article

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