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The Effect of Electronic Prescribing on Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events: A Systematic Review, Ammenwerth E, Schnell-Inderst P, Machan C, Siebert U, J. Am. Med. Inform. Assoc., September 1, 2008; 15(5): 585 - 600.
Pharmacists and health information technology: emerging issues in patient safety. Fuji KT, Galt KA. HEC Forum. 2008;20:259-275.
In reply to: "e-Iatrogenesis: The most critical consequence of CPOE and other HIT". Campbell E, Sittig D, Ash J, Guappone K, Dykstra R. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 March;14:389.
Medication errors in inpatient pharmacy operations and technologies for improvement , Kuiper SA, McCreadie SR, Mitchell JF, Stevenson JG, Am. J. Health Syst. Pharm., May 2007; 64: 955 - 959.
Pharmacist Staffing, Technology Use, and Implementation of Medication Safety Practices in Rural Hospitals. Casey M, Mocovice I, Davidson G. J of Rural Health. 2006 Fall;22(4):321-330.
A systematic review of the literature on multidisciplinary rounds to design information technology. Gurses AP, Xiao Y. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 Feb 24; [Epub ahead of print].
Hospital information technology and positive financial performance: A different approach to finding an ROI. Menachemi N, Burkhardt J, Shewchuk R, et.al. J Healthc Manag. 2006 Jan-Feb; 51(1): 40-58.
What do we know about financial returns on investments in patient safety? A Literature Review. Schmidek JM, Weeks WB. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2005 Dec; 31(10): 690-699.
Medication administration discrepancies persist despite electronic ordering. FitzHenry F, Peterson JF, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 Nov–Dec; 14(6): 756–764.
An interdisciplinary online course in health care informatics. Brock TP, Smith SR. Am J Pharm Educ. 2007 Jun 15;71(3):43.
A Systematic Review. Amit X. Garg; Neill K. J. Adhikari; Heather McDonald; M. Patricia Rosas-Arellano; P. J. Devereaux; Joseph Beyene; Justina Sam; R. Brian Haynes JAMA. 2005;293(10):1223-1238.