Designing decision support for insulin ordering in a computerized provider order entry system.

Lorianne Wright; Carly C Feldott; Fred R Hargrove

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Designing decision support for insulin ordering in a computerized provider order entry system.

March 7, 2007

Wright L, Feldott CC, Hargrove FR. Hosp Pharm. 2010;42(2).

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The authors describe one hospital's effort to reduce pediatric insulin prescribing errors by including decision support in their computerized provider order entry system.

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