Unintended effects of a computerized physician order entry nearly hard-stop alert to prevent a drug interaction: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1578-1583

  Strom, Brian L ^a   Schinnar, Rita ^a   Aberra, Faten ^a   Bilker, Warren ^a   Hennessy, Sean ^a   Leonard, Charles E ^a   Pifer, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EL CAMINO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INTERACTION; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RISK; STANDARDS; TIME; TRENDS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; WARFARIN;

EID: 77957659546     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.324     Document Type: Article

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