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Frequency and severity of parenteral nutrition medication errors at a large children's hospital after implementation of electronic ordering and compounding.
August 19, 2015
MacKay M, Anderson C, Boehme S, et al. Nutr Clin Pract. 2016;31(2):195-206.
Computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support can be a powerful tool for alerting clinicians to potential prescribing errors. In this study at a large pediatric institution, implementation of a computerized provider order entry program for total parenteral nutrition resulted in a reduction in prescribing errors.
