Swedish pharmacists value eprescribing: A survey of a nationwide implementation

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-32

  Hammar, Tora ^a   Nyström, Sofie ^a,b   Petersson, Göran ^a   Rydberg, Tony ^b,c   Åstrand, Bengt ^a,b,c  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

^c Vårdapoteket i Norden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community pharmacies; Electronic prescribing; Health informatics; Information technology; Pharmacists; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 79953748904     PISSN: 17598885     EISSN: 17598893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jphsr.01.01.0012     Document Type: Article

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