Implementation of a Novel Electronic Health Record-Embedded Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment System

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Zive, Dana M ^a   Cook, Jennifer ^a   Yang, Charissa ^a   Sibell, David ^a   Tolle, Susan W ^a   Lieberman, Michael ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance Care Planning; POLST; Third Party EMR Integration

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LOGIC; MEDICAL ORDER; OREGON; REGISTER; UNIVERSITY; VIDEORECORDING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTOR;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; OREGON; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84989846465     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-016-0605-3     Document Type: Article

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