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Effectiveness of computerized provider order entry with dose range checking on prescribing errors.
Boling B, McKibben M, Hingl J, Worth P, Jacobs BR, the Clinical Informatics Outcomes Research Group. J Patient Safety. 2005;1:190-194.
 

The investigators queried pharmacy information systems on the use of three types of medications and their antidotes before and after use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and found that the CPOE reduced inappropriate prescribing fourfold.

 
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Resource Type:  Journal Article > Study

Target Audience:  Health Care Providers > Physicians

   Health Care Providers > Pharmacists

   Health Care Executives and Administrators > Risk Managers

Clinical Area:  Pharmacy

Safety Target:  Medication Safety > Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events > Ordering/Prescribing Errors

   Medication Safety > Specific to High-Risk Drugs > Opiates/Narcotics

Approach to Improving Safety:  Error Reporting and Analysis > Error Reporting

   Technologic Approaches > Clinical Information Systems > Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
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