Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic.
Jani Y, Ghaleb M, Marks SD, et al. Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic. J Pediatr. 2008;152(2):214-8. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.09.046.
Complex drug regimens have been associated with medication errors in pediatric ambulatory practice. This study found that a commercial electronic prescribing system nearly eliminated handwriting errors in a pediatric specialty clinic, though actual adverse drug events were not measured.