An unintended consequence of electronic prescriptions: Prevalence and impact of internal discrepancies

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-476

  Palchuk, Matvey B ^a,b   Fang, Elizabeth A ^b,c   Cygielnik, Janet M ^b   Labreche, Matthew ^d   Shubina, Maria ^b   Ramelson, Harley Z ^a,b   Hamann, Claus ^a,b   Broverman, Carol ^b   Einbinder, Jonathan S ^a,b   Turchin, Alexander ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL ERROR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICATION ERROR; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958195758     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.003335     Document Type: Article

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