Best Practices for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in the Emergency Department Setting: Results of an Expert Panel

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 755-764.e4

  Greenwood Ericksen, Margaret B ^a,b   Poon, Sabrina J ^a,b   Nelson, Lewis S ^c   Weiner, Scott G ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONSENSUS; DATA PROCESSING; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION STORAGE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EXPERT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; STANDARDIZATION; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION TREE; EXPERT WITNESS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949008431     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.10.019     Document Type: Article

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