Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems in Facilitating Medication Errors
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Role of computerized physician order entry systems in facilitating medication errors.
CONTEXT Hospital computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are widely regarded as the technical solution to medication ordering errors, the largest identified source of preventable hospital medical error. Published studies report that CPOE reduces medication errors up to 81%. Few researchers, however, have focused on the existence or types of medication errors facilitated by CPOE. OBJ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.10.1197