Impact of a clinical decision support system on pharmacy clinical interventions, documentation efforts, and costs

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 744-752

  Calloway, Stacy ^b   Akilo, Hameed ^a   Bierman, Kyle ^a  

^a Critical Care/Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b Good Shepherd Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic stewardship; clinical decision support system; costs; documentation; interventions; pharmacy; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; AZITHROMYCIN PLUS CEFTRIAXONE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS LEVOFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DORIPENEM; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETIRACETAM; FAMOTIDINE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LINEZOLID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHARMACY;

EID: 84886666696     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: 19451253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj4809-744     Document Type: Article

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