Usability of the Massachusetts Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in the Emergency Department: A Mixed-methods Study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 406-414

  Poon, Sabrina J ^a,b,c   Greenwood Ericksen, Margaret B ^a,b,c   Gish, Rebecca E ^b   Neri, Pamela M ^b,e   Takhar, Sukhjit S ^b,d   Weiner, Scott G ^b,d   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^b,d   Landman, Adam B ^b,d  

^a Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASSACHUSETTS PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84961583694     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12905     Document Type: Article

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