Functionality test for drug safety alerting in computerized physician order entry systems

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 243-251

  van der Sijs, Heleen ^a   Bouamar, Rachida ^a   van Gelder, Teun ^a   Aarts, Jos ^b   Berg, Marc ^b   Vulto, Arnold ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Drug therapy computer assisted; Medical order entry systems; Safety management; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER ASSISTED; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; DRUG SAFETY; DUTCH HOSPITALS; FUNCTIONALITY TESTS; ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PATIENT CONDITION; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; HOSPITALS; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTING;

DRUG THERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77549086428     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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