Electronic prescribing in an ambulatory care setting: A cluster randomized trial

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-767

  Dainty, Katie N ^a   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b,c   Kiss, Alex ^b   Quan, Sherman ^d   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^b,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

electronic prescribing; medication error; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84863313028     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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