Classification of medication incidents associated with information technology

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue E2, 2014, Pages

  Cheung, Ka Chun ^a,b   van der Veen, Willem ^c,d   Bouvy, Marcel L ^e   Wensing, Michel ^a   van den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^f   de Smet, Peter A G M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Dutch Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Röpcke Zweers Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONFUSION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHARMACY;

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INCIDENTS REPORTING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACIES;

EID: 84893528450     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001818     Document Type: Article

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