Reduction of medical error at the point-of-care using electronic clinical information delivery.
There is accumulating evidence that point-of-care delivery of clinical information such as evidence-based medicine, practice guidelines and drug information can streamline clinical practice and reduce preventable errors. In Australia, hospital-based physicians have -generally been slow to fully use these resources to enhance their clinical practice. Here we provide an introduction to the practical application of several hand-held and electronic information systems available to Australian physicians.
Wilcox
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Department of Medical Biochemistry, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, 5042, Australia. wilcwhit@ozemail.com.au
Whitham
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D034201:Computers, Handheld; D016208:Databases, Factual; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic