Characteristics and Consequences of Drug Allergy Alert Overrides in a Computerized Physician Order Entry System
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Characteristics and Consequences of Drug Allergy Alert Overrides in a Computerized Physician Order Entry System
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m1556