Order sets in health care: A systematic review of their effects

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-240

  Chan, Alvita J ^a,b   Chan, Julie ^b   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^a,b   Rossos, Peter G ^a,b   Tripp, Tim ^a   Shojania, Kaveh ^b   Khan, Tanya ^c   Easty, Anthony C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Clinical protocols; Drug prescriptions; Medical order entry systems; Review; Standardization

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIGH QUALITY; LITERATURE SEARCH; LOW QUALITIES; ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; ORDER SETS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; REVIEWS; STANDARDIZATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866362121     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462312000281     Document Type: Review

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