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Critical drug–drug interactions for use in electronic health records systems with computerized physician order entry: review of leading approaches.

Classen DC, Phansalkar S, Bates DW. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:61-65.

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An unintended consequence of electronic prescriptions: prevalence and impact of internal discrepancies.

Palchuk MB, Fang EA, Cygielnik JM, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:472-476.

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Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.

Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.

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Consistency between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults.

Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010;48:68-71.

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National study on the frequency, types, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported emergency department medication errors.

Pham JC, Story JL, Hicks RW, et al. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:485-492.

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Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trial.

Terrell KM, Perkins AJ, Hui SL, Callahan CM, Dexter PR, Miller DK. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56:623-629.

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Effect of a pharmacist-led multicomponent intervention focusing on the medication monitoring phase to prevent potential adverse drug events in nursing homes.

Lapane KL, Hughes CM, Daiello LA, Cameron KA, Feinberg J. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1238-1245.

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The influence that electronic prescribing has on medication errors and preventable adverse drug events: an interrupted time-series study.

van Doormaal JE, van den Bemt PMLA, Zaal RJ, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:816-825.

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Preventing potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older patients with a computerized provider order entry warning system.

Mattison MLP, Afonso KA, Ngo LH, Mukamal KJ. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1331-1336.

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The relationship between computerized physician order entry and pediatric adverse drug events: a nested matched case-control study.

Yu F, Salas M, Kim YI, Menachemi N. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18:751-755.

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Time-dependent drug–drug interaction alerts in care provider order entry: software may inhibit medication error reductions.

van der Sijs H, Lammers L, van den Tweel A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:864-868.

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A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

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Electronic prescribing improves medication safety in community-based office practices.

Kaushal R, Kern LM, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Abramson EL. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:530-536.

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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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Using an enhanced oral chemotherapy computerized provider order entry system to reduce prescribing errors and improve safety.

Collins CM, Elsaid KA. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:36-43.

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Electronic prescribing in an ambulatory care setting: a cluster randomized trial.

Dainty KN, Adhikari NK, Kiss A, Quan S, Zwarenstein M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:761-767.

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Comparison of methods for identifying patients at risk of medication-related harm.

van Doormaal JE, Rommers MK, Kosterink JGW, Teepe-Twiss IM, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Mol PGM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e26.

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Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review.

Kaushal R, Shojania KG, Bates DW. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1409-1416.

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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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Medication administration errors in assisted living: scope, characteristics, and the importance of staff training.

Zimmerman S, Love K, Sloane PD, Cohen LW, Reed D, Carder PC; Center for Excellence in Assisted Living-University of North Carolina Collaborative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1060-1068.

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