The Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry on Medication Error Prevention
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Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication errors.
BACKGROUND Information is scarce on the impact of the clinical electronic record on the frequency and severity of medication errors in acute geriatric patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS An analytical and descriptive pre-post study was conducted on the implementation of computerized provider order entry systems (CPOE), over a 6 year period. A voluntary reporting system was used to detect the medic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1999.00660313