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Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

Redwood S, Rajakumar A, Hodson J, Coleman JJ. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:29.

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Does user-centred design affect the efficiency, usability and safety of CPOE order sets?

Chan J, Shojania KG, Easty AC, Etchells EE. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:276-281.

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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

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High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process.

Hartel MJ, Staub LP, Röder C, Eggli S. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:199.

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Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

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Unintended effects of a computerized physician order entry nearly hard-stop alert to prevent a drug interaction: a randomized controlled trial.

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Aberra F, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1578-1583.

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Pharmacists' interventions in prescribing errors at hospital discharge: an observational study in the context of an electronic prescribing system in a UK teaching hospital.

Abdel-Qader DH, Harper L, Cantrill JA, Tully MP. Drug Saf. 2010;33:1027-1044.

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Computerized physician order entry of injectable antineoplastic drugs: an epidemiologic study of prescribing medication errors.

Nerich V, Limat S, Demarchi M, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:699-706.

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Evaluating clinical decision support systems: monitoring CPOE order check override rates in the Department of Veterans Affairs' computerized patient record system.

Lin C-P, Payne TH, Nichol WP, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:620-626.

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Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

COMMENTARY

Miscalculated Risk

Strassels SA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2006.

STUDY

Bedouch P, Allenet B, Grass A, et al. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2009;34:187-195.

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The use of a CPOE log for the analysis of physicians' behavior when responding to drug-duplication reminders.

Long A-J, Chang P, Li Y-C, Chiu W-T. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:499-506.

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Evaluating the medication process in the context of CPOE use: the significance of working around the system.

Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, van der Sijs H, Aarts J. Int J Med Inform. 2011;80:490-506.

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Assessing the anticipated consequences of computer-based provider order entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument.

Sittig DF, Ash JS, Guappone KP, Campbell EM, Dykstra RH. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:440-447.

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Potentially inappropriate prescribing to hospitalised patients.

Radosevic N, Gantumur M, Vlahovic-Palcevski V. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008;17:733-737.

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A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital.

Davies ED, Schneider F, Childs S, et al. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:923-929.

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Errors and omissions in hospital prescriptions: a survey of prescription writing in a hospital.

Calligaris L, Panzera A, Arnoldo L, et al. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2009;9:9.

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Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

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Impact of a computerized physician order entry system on compliance with prescription accuracy requirements.

Mir C, Gadri A, Zelger GL, Pichon R, Pannatier A. Pharm World Sci. 2009;31:596-602.

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