Computer based medication error reporting: insights and implications.

M. R. Miller; J. S. Clark; C. U. Lehmann

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Computer based medication error reporting: insights and implications.

June 21, 2006

Miller MR, Clark JS, Lehmann CU. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(3):208-13.

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The researchers analyzed 581 medication error reports collected from a large children's medical center and concluded that error reporting is an effective means of collecting information on medication errors.

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