A randomized-controlled trial of computerized alerts to reduce unapproved medication abbreviation use
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A randomized-controlled trial of computerized alerts to reduce unapproved medication abbreviation use
Abbreviation use is a preventable cause of medication errors. The objective of this study was to test whether computerized alerts designed to reduce medication abbreviations and embedded within an electronic progress note program could reduce these abbreviations in the non-computer-assisted handwritten notes of physicians. Fifty-nine physicians were randomized to one of three groups: a forced c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.006130