Providers Do Not Verify Patient Identity during Computer Order Entry
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Providers do not verify patient identity during computer order entry.
INTRODUCTION Improving patient identification (ID), by using two identifiers, is a Joint Commission safety goal. Appropriate identifiers include name, date of birth (DOB), or medical record number (MRN). OBJECTIVES The objectives were to determine the frequency of verifying patient ID during computerized provider order entry (CPOE). METHODS This was a prospective study using simulated scena...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00148.x