BACKGROUND The United States (US) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 has spurred adoption of electronic health records. The corresponding meaningful use criteria proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandates use of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems. Yet, adoption in the US and other Western countries is low and descrip...

An advanced decision support system for prescribing to patients with renal impairment and geriatric patients was successfully implemented in an ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Ambulatory e-prescribing appears to be a straightforward automation effort that electronically connects a prescriber to an electronic network so an e-script can be sent to a pharmacy. A benefits dependency network (BDN) traces the path from an IS/IT enabler, an e-prescribing module, that enables a business change which results in a benefit. A BDN is particularly useful in e-prescribing which fu...

INTRODUCTION Prescribing intravenous (IV) fluid therapy is a core skill expected of qualified doctors at the point of graduation, but medical graduates often feel ill-equipped to perform this task. This lack of preparedness contributes to treatment-related patient harm. This scoping review maps the current state of published evidence about how junior doctors prescribe IV fluid therapy and learn...

OBJECTIVE To describe the development of evidence-based electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) triggers and treatment algorithms for potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for older adults. DESIGN Literature review, expert panel and focus group. SETTING Primary care with access to e-prescribing systems. PARTICIPANTS Primary care physicians using e-prescribing systems receiving medic...

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Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) offers numerous benefits but has also disadvantages. The use of e-prescribing is becoming increasingly widespread worldwide for midwives may vary from country to country. Regulations in Greece have defined the right prescribe specific medicines and diagnostic tests since 1989. However, several years later, 2019, legislation provided regulation e-prescripti...

BACKGROUND Medication errors, adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events are common and serious in terms of the harms and costs that they impose on the health system and those who use it. Errors resulting in preventable adverse drug events have been shown to occur most often at the stages of ordering and administration. This paper describes the protocol for a pragmatic trial of elect...