A qualitative study of community pharmacy perceptions of the Electronic Prescriptions Service in England

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 440-444

  Harvey, Jasmine ^a   Avery, Anthony J ^b   Barber, Nick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community pharmacy; electronic prescription service; healthcare IT; perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; NARRATIVE; NON PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKFLOW; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84911006973     PISSN: 09617671     EISSN: 20427174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpp.12107     Document Type: Article

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