Effects of computer-aided clinical decision support systems in improving antibiotic prescribing by primary care providers: A systematic review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 236-242

  Holstiege, Jakob ^a   Mathes, Tim ^b   Pieper, Dawid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prescribing; CDSS; Computer aided clinical decision support; Electronic health record; Medical decision making; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929516709     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002886     Document Type: Review

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