Impact of health information technology on detection of potential adverse drug events at the ordering stage

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 67, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1838-1846

  Roberts, Lance L ^a,b   Ward, Marcia M ^b   Brokel, Jane M ^c   Wakefield, Douglas S ^d   Crandall, Donald K ^e   Conlon, Paul ^f  

^a Iowa Healthcare Collaborative   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e TRINITY HEALTH   (United States)

^f Clinical Quality and Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Drugs, adverse reactions; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Information; Medication orders; Pharmacists, hospital; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOXICITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 79952200881     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp090637     Document Type: Article

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