Electronic prescribing improves medication safety in community-based office practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 530-536

  Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b,c   Kern, Lisa M ^a,b,c   Barrón, Yolanda ^a,c   Quaresimo, Jill ^d   Abramson, Erika L ^a,b,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative HITEC   (United States)

^d Taconic IPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Electronic prescribing; Medication safety

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETAMETHASONE; BUDESONIDE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ELETRIPTAN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORELGESTROMIN; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCODONE; KETOCONAZOLE; LORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955091104     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1238-8     Document Type: Article

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