Medication supply to residential aged care facilities in western australia using a centralized medication chart to replace prescriptions

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hoti, Kreshnik ^a   Hughes, Jeffery ^a   Sunderland, Bruce ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Elderly; Medication chart; Medication supply; Nursing homes; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861908604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-25     Document Type: Article

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