Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 414-418 , October 2007

Emergency Department Drug Orders: Does Drug Storage Location Make a Difference?

Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, May 2006, San Francisco, CA; and at the 11th International Conference on Emergency Medicine, June 2006, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  • Gregory P. Conners, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Gregory P. Conners, MD, MPH, MBA, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 655, Rochester, NY 14642; 585-463-2942, fax 585-473-3516
    • ,
  • Daniel P. Hays, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.

Received 30 May 2006 ,Revised 3 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

References 

  1. McAfee AT. Effect of implementation of a computerized order entry system on emergency department patients’ length of stay. [abstract] Acad Emerg Med. 2003;10:505–506
  2. Gesteland PH, Nebeker JR, Gardner RM. These are the technologies that try men’s souls: common-sense health information technology. Pediatrics. 2006;117:216–217
  3. Han YY, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, et al. Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1506–1512
  4. Wachter RM. Expected and unexpected consequences of the quality and information technology revolutions. JAMA. 2006;295:2780–2783
  5. Hirsch RP, Riegelman RK. Statistical First Aid: Interpretation of Health Research Data. Boston, MA: Blackwell Scientific; 1992;
  6. Protocare Sciences. Innovations in Physician Prescribing. Oakland, CA: California HealthCare Foundation; 2001;

 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: GPC and DPH conceived and designed the study. DPH obtained the study database. GPC performed the data analysis and drafted the article. Both authors contributed to article revision. GPC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Available online June 20, 2007.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00491-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.014

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 414-418 , October 2007

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution