Estimating the information gap between emergency department records of community medication compared to on-line access to the community-based pharmacy records

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-398

  Tamblyn, Robyn ^a   Poissant, Lise ^b   Huang, Allen ^a   Winslade, Nancy ^a   Rochefort, Christian M ^a   Moraga, Teresa ^a   Doran, Pamela ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; VITAMIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; AGED; COMMUNITY PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PHARMACY RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNITY PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC PHARMACY RECORDS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACIES; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC;

EID: 84901822492     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001704     Document Type: Article

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