Junior doctors' prescribing work after-hours and the impact of computerized decision support

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 980-986

  Jaensch, Samantha L ^a,b   Baysari, Melissa T ^a,b   Day, Richard O ^a,b   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alerts; CDSS; CPOE; Junior doctors; Transcribing

Indexed keywords

ALERTS; CDSS; CPOE; JUNIOR DOCTORS; TRANSCRIBING;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

CEFTRIAXONE; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL STAFF; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84887407074     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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