Making electronic prescribing alerts more effective: Scenario-based experimental study in junior doctors

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-798

  Scott, Gregory P T ^a,b   Shah, Priya ^a,b   Wyatt, Jeremy C ^c   Makubate, Boikanyo ^d   Cross, Frank W ^a,e  

^a Department of Health Informatics Directorate ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 81055123996     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000199     Document Type: Article

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