Electronic Prescribing
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Using National Drug Codes and drug knowledge bases to organize prescription records from multiple sources.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: The utility of National Drug Codes (NDCs) and drug knowledge bases (DKBs) in the organization of prescription records from multiple sources was studied. METHODS: The master files of most pharmacy systems include NDCs and local codes to ... Read more...

Clinicians' assessments of electronic medication safety alerts in ambulatory care.

26 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: While electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) systems with drug interaction and allergy alerts promise to improve medication safety in ambulatory care, clinicians often override these safety features. We undertook a study of respondents' ... Read more...

[Communication about prescription interventions between pharmacists and general practitioners]

22 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Pharmacists intervene on about 2 % of prescriptions dispensed in Norwegian community pharmacies. The aim of this study was to explore how general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists communicate and document prescription ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Electronic Prescribing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Using National Drug Codes and drug knowledge bases to organize prescription records from multiple sources. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinicians' assessments of electronic medication safety alerts in ambulatory care. 26 Sep 2009
• [Communication about prescription interventions between pharmacists and general practitioners] 22 Sep 2009
• [Communication between general practitioners and pharmacies] 22 Sep 2009
• Health information technology as a tool, not an end: comment on "An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care". 12 Sep 2009
• An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care. 12 Sep 2009
• [Check old prescriptions and physicians on duty!] 8 Aug 2009
• [Does electronic medicine prescription cause new types of errors?] 8 Aug 2009
• [Electronic prescription--can be better] 8 Aug 2009
• EMR push will erode privacy, physician-patient relationship & increase risk. 30 Jul 2009
• Consider the content of drug-drug interaction alerts. 25 Jul 2009
• Overrides of medication alerts in ambulatory care. 25 Jul 2009
• Audit of the antimicrobial treatment of Clostridium difficile toxin-positive episodes using an integrated electronic prescribing, information and communication system. 7 Jul 2009
• Incentives make this the right time for HIT in your practice. 29 Jun 2009
• Just what the doctor ordered? CMS and DEA introduce new measures to facilitate e-prescribing. 29 Jun 2009
• E-prescribing & SureScripts. The state and national landscape. 29 Jun 2009
• Health information technology and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: some of the challenges ahead. 30 May 2009
• Evaluating user satisfaction with an electronic prescription system in a primary care group. 30 May 2009
• [The electronic prescription on Catalonia (Rec@t): do we prescribe or write prescriptions?] 19 May 2009
• E-prescribing and the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: get in while the getting is good! 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Electronic Prescribing'

Definition: The use of COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS to store and transmit medical PRESCRIPTIONS.

Descriptor UI: D055695

Alternative terms: Electronic Prescribing; Prescribing, Electronic; E-Prescribing; E Prescribing; Electronic Prescriptions; Electronic Prescription; Prescription, Electronic; Prescriptions, Electronic; E-Prescriptions; E Prescriptions; E-Prescription;

Related Mesh Headings: Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; Medical Order Entry Systems;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; nursing; statistics & numerical data; standards; veterinary;

Tree Number: N02.421.668.778.750;

History Note: 2009