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. 2017 Aug 21;19(8):e294. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7881

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©Shefali Oza, Darius Jazayeri, Jonathan M Teich, Ellen Ball, Patricia Alexandra Nankubuge, Job Rwebembera, Kevin Wing, Alieu Amara Sesay, Andrew S Kanter, Glauber D Ramos, David Walton, Rachael Cummings, Francesco Checchi, Hamish S Fraser. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 21.08.2017.

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Medication ordering in the tablet application, designed for rapid entry while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). The patient summary page (a) shows active prescriptions, including buttons to record medication administration and stoppage. Selecting “order medication” from the Actions menu brings up the drug choice page (b), including rapid selection of the 20 most common drugs (accounting for over 90% of orders) and an update-as-you-type search control to access other drugs by name. The next page (c) offers available form and strength options of the selected drug. Dosing instructions are entered (d) based on the Ebola treatment center (ETC) workflow, which had standard rounds per day.