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Examining medication ordering errors using AHRQ Network of Patient Safety Databases.
February 22, 2023
Grauer A, Rosen A, Applebaum JR, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023;30(5):838-845.
Medication errors can happen at any step along the medication pathway, from ordering to administration. This study focuses on ordering errors reported to the AHRQ Network of Patient Safety Databases (NPSD) from 2010 to 2020. The most common categories of ordering errors were incorrect dose, incorrect medication, and incorrect duration; nearly 80% of errors were definitely or likely preventable.
