Information technology interventions to improve medication safety in primary care: A systematic review

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 590-598

  Lainer, Miriam ^a   Mann, Eva ^a   Sönnichsen, Andreas ^b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse drug events; Clinical decision support; Information technology; Medication safety; Primary care; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE;

ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION SAFETY; PRIMARY CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84885110180     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt043     Document Type: Article

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