Medication discrepancies in integrated electronic health records

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Linsky, Amy ^a,b,c,d,e   Simon, Steven R ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION DISCREPANCY; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING ROUND; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VETERAN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING ROUNDS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84874673480     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001301     Document Type: Article

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