The relationship between computerized physician order entry and pediatric adverse drug events: A nested matched case-control study

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 751-755

  Yu, Feliciano ^a   Salas, Maribel ^b   Kim, Young Il ^b   Menachemi, Nir ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Adverse events; CPOE; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; ODDS RATIO; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349767557     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1777     Document Type: Article

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