Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 470-476

  Radley, David C ^a   Wasserman, Melanie R ^b   Olsho, Lauren E W ^b   Shoemaker, Sarah J ^b   Spranca, Mark D ^b   Bradshaw, Bethany ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879909223     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001241     Document Type: Article

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