Ambulatory prescribing errors among community-based providers in two states

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 644-648

  Abramson, Erika L ^a,b   Bates, David W ^c,d,e   Jenter, Chelsea ^c   Volk, Lynn A ^e   Barrón, Yolanda ^a   Quaresimo, Jill ^f   Seger, Andrew C ^c   Burdick, Elisabeth ^c   Simon, Steven ^c,d,g   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Taconic IPA   (United States)

^g VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865167262     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000345     Document Type: Article

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