The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic review.

Jesse I. Wolfstadt; Jerry H. Gurwitz; Terry Field; Monica Lee; Sunila Kalkar; Wei Wu; Paula Rochon

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The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic review.

April 16, 2008

Wolfstadt JI, Gurwitz JH, Field T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(4):451-8.

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This review examined the impact of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the incidence of adverse drug events (ADEs) and found that currently available research was limited to hospital settings and half of the studies showed a statistically significant decrease in ADEs.

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