Medication administration quality and health information technology: A national study of US hospitals

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-367

  Appari, Ajit ^a   Carian, Emily K ^b   Johnson, M Eric ^a   Anthony, Denise L ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICATION ADMINSTRATION RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862615560     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000289     Document Type: Article

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