Transcription errors of blood glucose values and insulin errors in an intensive care unit: secondary data analysis toward electronic medical record–glucometer interoperability.

Azizeh Khaled Sowan; Ana Vera; Ashwin Malshe; Charles Reed

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Transcription errors of blood glucose values and insulin errors in an intensive care unit: secondary data analysis toward electronic medical record–glucometer interoperability.

May 29, 2019

Sowan AK, Vera A, Malshe A, et al. JMIR Med Inform. 2019;7(1):e11873.

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This retrospective study examined possible transcription errors for blood glucose values among patients in a surgical intensive care unit for which glucometers did not connect with the electronic health record. Investigators identified multiple insulin dosing errors as a result of transcription errors. They spotlight the need for interoperability between glucometers and electronic health records.

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