Electronic prescribing in pediatrics: Toward safer and more effective medication management

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 824-826

  Lehmann, Christoph U ^a   Johnson, Kevin B ^a   Del Beccaro, Mark A ^a   Alexander, Gregg ^a   Drummond, Willa H ^a   Francis, Anne B ^a   Handler, Eric G ^a   Johnson, Timothy D ^a   Kim, George R ^a   Leu, Michael ^a   Tham, Eric ^a   Weinberg, Stuart T ^a   Zuckerman, Alan E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Electronic prescribing; Health information technology; Medication; Pediatrics; Prescription; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875982731     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0192     Document Type: Review

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