Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription errors

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 929-940

  Lee, JaeHo ^a,b,c   Han, Hyewon ^b   Ock, Minsu ^a   Lee, Sang il ^a   Lee, SunGyo ^b   Jo, Min Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Computerized physician order entry system; Medication errors; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ERRORS; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION ERRORS; PROGRAMMING ERRORS; UNEXPECTED ERRORS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

HEPARIN; PIG INSULIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEM; UTILIZATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84919328237     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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