Personalised performance feedback reduces narcotic prescription errors in a NICU
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Personalised performance feedback reduces narcotic prescription errors in a NICU
OBJECTIVE Neonates are at high risk for significant morbidity and mortality from medication prescribing errors. Despite general awareness of these risks, mistakes continue to happen. Alerts in computerised physician order entry intended to help prescribers avoid errors have not been effective enough. This improvement project delivered feedback of prescribing errors to prescribers in the neonata...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality & Safety
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2044-5415,2044-5423
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001089