E-SPC - delivering drug information in the 21st century: Developing new approaches to deliver drug information to prescribers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-15

  Maxwell, Simon ^a   Eichler, Hans Georg ^b   Bucsics, Anna ^c   Haefeli, Walter E ^d   Gustafsson, Lars L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hauptverband d Österr Sozialversicherungsträger   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NOTE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EUROPE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 83155182428     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.03981.x     Document Type: Note

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