Use of a codified medication process for documentation of home medications

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 608-612

  Green, David L ^a   Boonstra, Jan A ^b   Bober, Marlene A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG LABELING; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD;

DRUG;

DOCUMENTATION; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 78149488307     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.001453     Document Type: Article

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