Pharmacists' views on integrated electronic prescribing systems: Associations between usefulness, pharmacological safety, and barriers to technology use

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Rahimi, Bahlol ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electronic prescribing; Pharmacist; Pharmacological safety; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 79151484346     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-010-0936-9     Document Type: Article

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