Implementation of a clinical decision support system for computerized drug prescription entries in a large tertiary care hospital

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 289-294

  Zenziper, Yael ^a,c   Kurnik, Daniel ^a,b   Markovits, Noa ^a   Ziv, Amitai ^a,b   Shamiss, Ari ^a,b   Halkin, Hillel ^a,b   Loebstein, Ronen ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alert fatigue; Computerized decision support system (CDSS); Computerized physician order entry (CPOE); Drug safety; Prescription errors

Indexed keywords

ALERT FATIGUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; DATA BASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOSE ADJUSTMENT ALERT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSING ALERT; DRUG DRUG INTERACTION ALERT; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NEGLECT; PATIENT HARM; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84901679096     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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