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Wong Receives MSHP Pharmacy Resident/Fellow Research Project Award
Jun 09, 2017
Wong’s CRICO-supported project, “Evaluation of Harm Associated with Medication-related Clinical Decision Support Overrides in the Intensive Care Unit,” is aimed at enhancing existing clinical-decision support systems to improve patient outcomes.
Citation for the Full-text Press Release
Wong Receives MSHP Pharmacy Resident/Fellow Research Project Award [news release]. Boston, MA: Brigham and Women’s Hospital; June 9, 2017.
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