Quality improvement opportunities in prescriber alert programs

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-296

  Curtiss, Frederic R ^a   Fairman, Kathleen A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; AZITHROMYCIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; MIRTAZAPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953294991     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.4.292     Document Type: Editorial

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