Electronic prescriptions are slowly spreading in the European Union

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-222

  Mäkinen, Mia ^a,b   Rautava, Päivi ^b,c   Forsström, Jari ^d   Äärimaa, Markku ^e  

^a Turku City Library   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Suomen Laakariliitto   (Finland)

Author keywords

electronic prescriptions; pharmaceuticals; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; MEMBER COUNTRIES; NEW MEMBERS; PHARMACEUTICALS;

DRUG PRODUCTS; TELEMEDICINE;

INTEROPERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PHARMACY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79955114068     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0111     Document Type: Article

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