Improving prescribing using a rule based prescribing system.

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Published in Qual Saf Health Care on June 01, 2004

Authors

C Anton1, P G Nightingale, D Adu, G Lipkin, R E Ferner

Author Affiliations

1: West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK. christopher.anton@swbh.nhs.uk

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