Failure to utilize functions of an electronic prescribing system and the subsequent generation of 'technically preventable' computerized alerts

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1003-1010

  Baysari, Melissa ^a,b   Reckmann, Margaret ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Day, Richard ^a,b   Westbrook, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; COMPUTERIZED ALERT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; REMINDER SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867664503     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000730     Document Type: Article

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