Effects of computerized physician order entry on medication turnaround time and orders requiring pharmacist intervention

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 756-767

  Davis, Lloyd ^a   Brunetti, Luigi ^a,b   Lee, Eui Kyung ^c   Yoon, Nari ^d   Cho, Sung Hee ^d   Suh, Dong Churl ^d  

^a Somerset Medical Center   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Computerized physician order entry; Medication error; Medication turnaround time; Pharmacist intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84926208268     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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