Impact of a computerized physician order entry system on medication safety in pediatrics-The AVOID study.
Wimmer S, Toni I, Botzenhardt S, et al. Impact of a computerized physician order entry system on medication safety in pediatrics-The AVOID study. Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2023;11(3):e01092. doi:10.1002/prp2.1092.
Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems can prevent medication ordering and dispensing errors. This pre-post study compared medication safety outcomes for paper-based prescribing versus CPOE-based prescribing among pediatric patients at one German hospital. The researchers found that CPOE implementation resulted in fewer potentially harmful medication errors.