Intercepting wrong-patient orders in a computerized provider order entry system

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 679-686.e1

  Green, Robert A ^a,d   Hripcsak, George ^b,d   Salmasian, Hojjat ^b   Lazar, Eliot J ^d   Bostwick, Susan B ^e   Bakken, Suzanne R ^b,c   Vawdrey, David K ^b,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Medical College ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84930044064     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.11.017     Document Type: Article

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