Electronic prescribing increases uptake of clinical pharmacologists' recommendations in the hospital setting

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-964

  Taegtmeyer, Anne B ^a   Curkovic, Ivanka ^a   Rufibach, Kaspar ^b   Corti, Natascia ^a   Battegay, Edouard ^a   Kullak Ublick, Gerd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical pharmacology; Electronic prescribing; Hospital

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ATORVASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOPIDOGREL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPYRONE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;

EID: 80855131373     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.04032.x     Document Type: Article

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