Emerging and encouraging trends in E-prescribing adoption among providers and pharmacies

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 760-764

  Gabriel, Meghan H ^a   Furukawa, Michael F ^a   Vaidya, Varun ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MASS COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887241503     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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