Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

Sabi Redwood; Anna Rajakumar; James Hodson; Jamie J Coleman

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Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

July 27, 2011

Redwood S, Rajakumar A, Hodson J, et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:29.

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Human factors engineering issues were implicated in 15% of medication errors at a British hospital that had an established computerized provider order entry system.

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