Early adopters of electronic prescribing struggle to make meaningful use of formulary checks and medication history documentation

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Crosson, Jesse C ^a   Schueth, Anthony J ^b   Isaacson, Nicole ^a,c   Bell, Douglas S ^d,e  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Point of Care Partners LLC   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic prescribing; Meaningful use; Practice based research; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG FORMULARY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FAMILY MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; WORKFLOW;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST CONTROL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FORMULARIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855712890     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.100297     Document Type: Article

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