Design and implementation of a point-of-care computerized system for drug therapy in Stockholm metropolitan health region--bridging the gap between knowledge and practice.

B. SJOBORG; T. BACKSTROM; L. ARVIDSSON; E. ANDERSENKARLSSON; L. BLOMBERG; B. EIERMANN; M. ELIASSON; K. HENRIKSSON; L. JACOBSSON; U. JACOBSSON

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Design and implementation of a point-of-care computerized system for drug therapy in Stockholm metropolitan health region--bridging the gap between knowledge and practice.

August 29, 2007

SJOBORG B, BACKSTROM T, ARVIDSSON L, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2006;76(7).

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The authors describe a multi-year strategy to implement a decision support system in Sweden to improve medication prescribing accuracy.

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