Electronic information and clinical decision support for prescribing: State of play in Australian general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Robertson, Jane ^a   Moxey, Annette J ^b   Newby, David A ^a   Gillies, Malcolm B ^c   Williamson, Margaret ^d   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Medicines Information Team   (Australia)

^d National Prescribing Service Limited   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Clinical decision support; Electronic information; General practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 79251499712     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq031     Document Type: Article

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