Automating the medication regimen complexity index

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 499-505

  McDonald, Margaret V ^a   Peng, Timothy R ^a   Sridharan, Sridevi ^a   Foust, Janice B ^b   Kogan, Polina ^a   Pezzin, Liliana E ^c   Feldman, Penny H ^a  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; CITALOPRAM; DEXAMETHASONE; DONEPEZIL; FAMOTIDINE; FERROUS SULFATE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; OLMESARTAN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION REGIMEN COMPLEXITY INDEX; STATISTICS; TABLET FORMULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; POLYPHARMACY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879929473     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001272     Document Type: Article

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