Time-dependent Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts in Care Provider Order Entry: Software May Inhibit Medication Error Reductions

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 864-868

  van der Sijs, Heleen ^a   Lammers, Laureen ^a   van den Tweel, Annemieke ^a   Aarts, Jos ^a   Berg, Marc ^a   Vulto, Arnold ^a   van Gelder, Teun ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350460042     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2810     Document Type: Article

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