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COMMENTARY classic

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Principles of conservative prescribing.

Schiff GD, Galanter WL, Duhig J, Lodolce AE, Koronkowski MJ, Lambert BL. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1433-1440.

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Errors associated with outpatient computerized prescribing systems.

Nanji KC, Rothschild JM, Salzberg C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:767-773.

COMMENTARY classic

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Defining health information technology–related errors: new developments since To Err Is Human.

Sittig DF, Singh H. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1281-1284.

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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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Preventing Medication Errors: A $21 Billion Opportunity.

Washington, DC: National Priorities Partnership and National Quality Forum; December 2010.

STUDY

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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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Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Longhurst CA, Parast L, Sandborg CI, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:14-21.

REVIEW

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Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: a systematic review.

Shojania KG, Jennings A, Mayhew A, Ramsay C, Eccles M, Grimshaw J. CMAJ. 2010;182:E216-E25.

CLINICAL GUIDELINE classic

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Medication errors in acute cardiovascular and stroke patients. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Michaels AD, Spinler SA, Leeper B, et al; American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative, and Resuscitation, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Stroke Council. Circulation. 2010;121:1664-1682.

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Mixed results in the safety performance of computerized physician order entry.

Metzger J, Welebob E, Bates DW, Lipsitz S, Classen DC. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:655-663.

STUDY

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Does the Leapfrog program help identify high-quality hospitals?

Jha AK, Orav EJ, Ridgway AB, Zheng J, Epstein AM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:318-325.

STUDY

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Effect of computer order entry on prevention of serious medication errors in hospitalized children.

Walsh KE, Landrigan CP, Adams WG, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;121:e421-e427.

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The extent and importance of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry.

Ash JS, Sittig DF, Poon EG, Guappone K, Campbell E, Dykstra RH. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:415-423.

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Types of unintended consequences related to computerized provider order entry.

Campbell EM, Sittig DF, Ash JS, Guappone KP, Dykstra RH. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:547-556.

BOOK/REPORT classic

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Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.

Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Aspden P, Wolcott J, Bootman JL, Cronenwett LR, eds. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2007.

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Return on investment for a computerized physician order entry system.

Kaushal R, Jha AK, Franz C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:261-266.

COMMENTARY classic

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Computerization can create safety hazards: a bar-coding near miss.

McDonald CJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:510-516.

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U.S. adoption of computerized physician order entry systems.

Cutler DM, Feldman NE, Horwitz JR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2005;24:1654-1663.

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Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Han YY, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, et al. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1506-1512.

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The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.

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