Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Kyle A. Weant; Aaron M. Cook; John A. Armitstead

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Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

March 14, 2007

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(5):526-30.

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The investigators studied the type and number of medication errors before and after computerized prescriber order entry was implemented in an intensive care unit and found that medication errors increased initially.

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