Substantial reduction of inappropriate tablet splitting with computerised decision support: A prospective intervention study assessing potential benefit and harm

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Quinzler, Renate ^a   Schmitt, Simon P W ^a   Pritsch, Maria ^a   Kaltschmidt, Jens ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TABLET; DOSE RESPONSE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MICROCAPSULE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

CAPSULES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TABLETS;

EID: 68149132767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-30     Document Type: Article

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