Characteristics and consequences of drug allergy alert overrides in a computerized physician order entry system

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 482-491

  Hsieh, Tyken C ^a   Kuperman, Gilad J ^a   Jaggi, Tonushree ^a   Hojnowski Diaz, Patricia ^a   Fiskio, Julie ^a   Williams, Deborah H ^a   Bates, David W ^a   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORIN; CODEINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PETHIDINE; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RASH; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 7044222535     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1556     Document Type: Article

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