Understanding handling of drug safety alerts: a simulation study

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-369

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer assisted drug therapy; Computerized physician order entry; Drug safety alert; Electronic prescribing; Medication errors; Safety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED; COMPUTER-ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; MEDICATION ERRORS; ORDER ENTRY;

BLOCK CODES; EMPLOYMENT; ERRORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MEDICINE; SURGERY;

DRUG THERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SAFETY ALERT; ERROR; FATIGUE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL WARD; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OVERDOSE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 77949911985     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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