Evaluation of nursing-specific drug information PDA databases used as clinical decision support tools

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 679-687

  Polen, Hyla H ^a   Clauson, Kevin A ^a   Thomson, Wendy ^a   Zapantis, Antonia ^a   Lou, Jennie Q ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support tools; Drug information; Nursing; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DRUG INFORMATION; ERROR RATE; INFORMATION DATABASE; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE; RANK ORDER;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HANDBOOKS; NURSING;

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING PRACTICE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SCORING SYSTEM;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; FLORIDA; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68749098471     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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