The impact of an ambulatory CPOE system on medication errors.
Few studies have evaluated the impact of an ambulatory computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system on medication errors. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 10,172 prescriptions to evaluate the impact of a basic CPOE system on prescribing-related medication errors, and found a significant decrease in the occurrence of errors.
Devine
E B
EB
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Wilson-Norton
J L
JL
Lawless
N M
NM
Hansen
R N
RN
Haney
K K
KK
Fisk
A W
AW
Sullivan
S D
SD
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology