Computerized Decision Support Improves Medication Review Effectiveness: An Experiment Evaluating the STRIP Assistant’s Usability

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 495-503

  Meulendijk, Michiel C ^a   Spruit, Marco R ^a,d   Drenth van Maanen, A Clara ^b   Numans, Mattijs E ^c   Brinkkemper, Sjaak ^a   Jansen, Paul A F ^b   Knol, Wilma ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Spru IT BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GERIATRICIAN; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RATING SCALE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEM USABILITY SCALE; SYSTEMATIC TOOL TO REDUCE INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84931565478     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-015-0270-0     Document Type: Article

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