The impact of computerized provider order entry on medication errors in a multispecialty group practice

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 78-84

  Devine, Emily Beth ^a,b   Hansen, Ryan N ^a   Wilson Norton, Jennifer L ^c   Lawless, N M ^c   Fisk, Albert W ^c   Blough, David K ^a   Martin, Diane P ^d   Sullivan, Sean D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Everett Clinic   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MALE; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950484835     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3285     Document Type: Article

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