Impact of health information technology interventions to improve medication laboratory monitoring for ambulatory patients: A systematic review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 631-636

  Fischer, Shira H ^a,b   Tjia, Jennifer ^a,b   Field, Terry S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650432858     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.000794     Document Type: Article

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