Personal digital assistant with a barcode reader-A medical decision support system for nurses in home care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 232-242

  Johansson, Pauline E ^a   Petersson, Göran I ^a   Nilsson, Gunilla C ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Barcode; Computers, handheld; Decision support system, clinical; Home care services; Medical informatics; Nurses; Nursing; Personal digital assistant; Pharmaceutical preparations

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HANDHELDS; HOME-CARE SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BAR CODES; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NURSING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING;

DRUG INTERACTIONS;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INTERACTION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOME CARE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOME CARE SERVICES; NURSING CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 77649191022     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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