Reducing unintended consequences of e-prescribing on the path to nuanced prescriptions.
A frequency value of "as directed" was added to all medications available for an ambulatory EMR to reduce the number of prescriptions with contradictory instructions. The new frequency value has been rapidly adopted and its use has increased by 15%.
Palchuk
Matvey B
MB
Partners HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Turchin
Alexander
A
Alexeyev
Alexander
A
Galperin
Irene
I
Hamann
Claus
C
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D008404:Massachusetts; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*