Computerized Clinical Decision Support During Medication Ordering for Long-term Care Residents with Renal Insufficiency

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-485

  Field, Terry S ^a,b,c,d   Rochon, Paula ^e   Lee, Monica ^e   Gavendo, Linda ^e   Baril, Joann L ^a,b,c,d   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^c Fallon Community Health Plan   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED PRESCRIBER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67649313344     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2981     Document Type: Article

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