International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages 243-251 , April 2010

Functionality test for drug safety alerting in computerized physician order entry systems

  • Heleen van der Sijs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 703 3202; fax: +31 10 703 2400.
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  • Rachida Bouamar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Teun van Gelder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jos Aarts

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Marc Berg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Arnold Vulto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.005

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages 243-251 , April 2010

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