Appropriateness of commercially available and partially customized medication dosing alerts among pediatric patients

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue E2, 2014, Pages

  Stultz, Jeremy S ^a   Nahata, Milap C ^b,c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Veterinary Biosciences   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCRIPTIONS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893582340     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001725     Document Type: Article

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