A long-term follow-up evaluation of electronic health record prescribing safety

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 20, Issue E1, 2013, Pages

  Abramson, Erika L ^a,b,c,d   Malhotra, Sameer ^a,c   Osorio, S Nena ^a,b,c   Edwards, Alison ^a,c,d   Cheriff, Adam ^a,b,d   Cole, Curtis ^a,b,d   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b,c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative HITEC   (United States)

^d Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DRUG TOXICITY; EVALUATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; TRANSITION, EHR, AMBULATORY, PRESCRIBING SAFETY;

DRUG;

TRANSITION, EHR, AMBULATORY, PRESCRIBING SAFETY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881349994     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001328     Document Type: Article

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