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•Device-related Complications (23)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (121)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (64)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (269)

•Active Errors (170)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (187)

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STUDY

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.

REVIEW

Prescribing errors in hospital practice.

Tully MP. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012;74:668-675.

COMMENTARY

Miscalculated Risk

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

STUDY

Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE).

Galanter W, Falck S, Burns M, Laragh M, Lambert BL. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:477-481.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

STUDY

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.

STUDY

Who makes prescribing decisions in hospital inpatients? An observational study.

Ross S, Hamilton L, Ryan C, Bond C. Postgrad Med J. 2012;8:507-510.

STUDY

Concept and development of a discharge alert filter for abnormal laboratory values coupled with computerized provider order entry: a tool for quality improvement and hospital risk management.

Mathew G, Kho A, Dexter P, et al. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:69-75.

STUDY

Prescribers' responses to alerts during medication ordering in the long term care setting.

Judge J, Field TS, DeFlorio M, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:385-390.

REVIEW

Overriding of drug safety alerts in computerized physician order entry.

van der Sijs H, Aarts J, Vulto A, Berg M. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:138-147.

COMMENTARY

Lessons from "unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system."

Sittig DF, Ash JS, Zhang J, Osheroff JA, Shabot MM. Pediatrics. 2006;118:797-801.

STUDY

Managing the after effects of serious patient safety incidents in the NHS: an online survey study.

Pinto A, Faiz O, Vincent C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:1001-1008.

STUDY

Junior doctors' reflections on patient safety.

Ahmed M, Arora S, Carley S, Sevdalis N, Neale G. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88:125-129.

STUDY

Pharmacist-supported medication review training for general practitioners: feasibility and acceptability.

Krska J, Gill D, Hansford D. Med Educ. 2006;40:1217-1225.

STUDY

Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized patients: implications for clinical practice and the potential use of healthcare information technology to improve prescribing and patient safety.

Hemstreet BA, Stolpman N, Badesch DB, May SK, McCollum M. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:2449-2455.

STUDY

Physicians' attitudes towards copy and pasting in electronic note writing.

O'Donnell HC, Kaushal R, Barrón Y, Callahan MA, Adelman RD, Siegler EL. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:63-68.

STUDY

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.

Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600.

STUDY

Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

Hume AL, Quilliam BJ, Goldman R, Eaton C, Lapane KL. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:875-884.

STUDY

Differences in outcomes between ICU attending and senior resident physician led medical emergency team responses.

Morris DS, Schweickert W, Holena D, et al. Resuscitation. 2012;83:1434-1437.

BOOK/REPORT

Investigating the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in general practice: The PRACtICe Study.

Avery T, Barber N, Ghaleb M, et al. London, UK: General Medical Council; May 2, 2012.

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