A randomized-controlled trial of computerized alerts to reduce unapproved medication abbreviation use

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-23

  Myers, Jennifer S ^a   Gojraty, Sattar ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Linsky, Amy ^b   Airan Javia, Subha ^a   Polomano, Rosemary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ABBREVIATIONS AS TOPIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICATION ERRORS; PENNSYLVANIA; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650489771     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.006130     Document Type: Article

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