An informatics approach to assess pediatric pharmacotherapy: design and implementation of a hospital drug utilization system

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1172-1180

  Zuppa, Athena ^a   Vijayakumar, Sundararajan ^a,b   Jayaraman, Bhuvana ^a   Patel, Dimple ^a   Narayan, Mahesh ^a   Vijayakumar, Kalpana ^b   Mondick, John T ^a   Barrett, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b INTEK Partners Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug utilization; Informatics; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; CEFAZOLIN; CODEINE; DESFLURANE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IBUPROFEN; LORAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NYSTATIN; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCRIPTION; PROCESS DESIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FORMULARIES, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349227353     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270007304105     Document Type: Article

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