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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug errors show need for tech aid.

Landro L. The Wall Street Journal. June 1, 2005:D4.

REVIEW

Just what the doctor ordered. Review of the evidence of the impact of computerized physician order entry system on medication errors.

Shamliyan TA, Duval S, Du J, Kane RL. Health Serv Res. 2008;43:32-53.

STUDY

Medication errors related to computerized order entry for children.

Walsh KE, Adams WG, Bauchner H, et al. Pediatrics. 2006;118:1872-1879.

STUDY

Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.

Kaushal R, Bates DW, Landrigan C, et al. JAMA. 2001;285:2114-2120.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of standard concentrations for continuous infusions using a computerized provider order entry system.

Sinclair-Pingel J, Grisso AG, Hargrove FR, Wright L. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1102-1106.

REVIEW

E-prescribing: a focused review and new approach to addressing safety in pharmacies and primary care.

Odukoya OK, Chui MA. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2012 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

STUDY

The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Smith DH, Perrin N, Feldstein A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1098-1104.

STUDY

Effects of CPOE on provider cognitive workload: a randomized crossover trial.

Avansino J, Leu MG. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e547-e552.

REVIEW

Medication errors in pediatrics—the octopus evading defeat.

Sullivan JE, Buchino JJ. J Surg Oncol. 2004;88:182-188.

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

Reasons provided by prescribers when overriding drug–drug interaction alerts.

Grizzle AJ, Mahmood MH, Ko Y, et al. Am J Manag Care. 2007;13:573-580.

STUDY

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.

COMMENTARY

Computerized physician order entry and medication errors: finding a balance.

Bates DW. J Biomed Inform. 2005;38:259-261.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug shortages: a pharmacy informatics perspective.

Edillo PN. Pharm Purch Prod. April 2011;8:26.

STUDY

High rates of adverse drug events in a highly computerized hospital.

Nebeker JR, Hoffman JM, Weir CR, Bennett CL, Hurdle JF. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:1111-1116.

FACT SHEET/FAQS classic

Preventing Medication Errors: A $21 Billion Opportunity.

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

STUDY

Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Perrin N, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1009-1015.

STUDY

A cognitive task analysis of information management strategies in a computerized provider order entry environment.

Weir CR, Hicken BL, Nebeker J, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:65-75.

STUDY

Increasing adoption of computerized provider order entry, and persistent regional disparities, in US emergency departments.

Pallin DJ, Sullivan AF, Espinola JA, Landman AB, Camargo CA Jr. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;58:543-550.

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