Medication-related clinical decision support in computerized provider order entry systems: a review.

Gilad J Kuperman; Anne Bobb; Thomas H Payne; Anthony Avery; Tejal K Gandhi; Gerard Burns; David Classen; David W Bates

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Medication-related clinical decision support in computerized provider order entry systems: a review.

November 22, 2006

Kuperman GJ, Bobb A, Payne TH, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14(1):29-40.

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The authors identify the challenges of integrating clinical decision support into computerized provider order entry systems and summarize practices that effectively combine the tools to improve the safety of care.

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