Attitude of physicians towards automatic alerting in computerized physician order entry systems: A comparative international survey

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-108

  Jung, M ^a   Hoerbst, Alexander ^a   Hackl, W O ^a   Kirrane, F ^b   Borbolla, D ^c   Jaspers, M W ^d   Oertle, M ^e   Koutkias, V ^f   Ferret, L ^g,h   Massari, P ⁱ   Lawton, K ^j   Riedmann, D ^a   Darmoni, S ⁱ   Maglaveras, N ^f   Lovis, C ^k   Ammenwerth, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Hospital of Thun   (Switzerland)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^g Pharmacy Department   (France)

^h LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j IT   (Denmark)

^k GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alerting; Attitude; Clinical decision support systems; Medical order entry systems; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL ALARMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84875345554     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME12-02-0007     Document Type: Article

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