Selection of drug-laboratory result pairs for an inpatient asynchronous alert program: Results of a Delphi survey

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Yu, Shengsheng ^a   Galanter, William L ^a   Didomenico, Robert J ^a   Borkowsky, Shane ^b,c   Schiff, Gordon D ^d,e   Lambert, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Data collection; Decision making; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Medication orders; Prescribing; Quality assurance; Reports; Tests, laboratory; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CLOZAPINE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELECTROLYTE; ERGOT ALKALOID; GANCICLOVIR; HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INPATIENT ASYNCHRONOUS ALERT PROGRAM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 79955998021     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp100215     Document Type: Article

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