Potential benefits and problems with computerized prescriber order entry: analysis of a voluntary medication error-reporting database.

Chunliu Zhan; Rodney W. Hicks; Christopher M. Blanchette; Margaret A. Keyes; Diane D. Cousins

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Potential benefits and problems with computerized prescriber order entry: analysis of a voluntary medication error-reporting database.

February 22, 2006

Zhan C, Hicks RW, Blanchette CM, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(4):353-8.

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The investigators from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and United States Pharmacopeia (USP) compared MedMarx reports from facilities using computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) with those utilizing conventional methods of ordering.

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