The influence that electronic prescribing has on medication errors and preventable adverse drug events: an interrupted time-series study.

Jasperien van Doormaal; Patricia M L A van den Bemt; Rianne J. Zaal; Antoine C G Egberts; Bertil W. Lenderink; Jos G W Kosterink; Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp; Peter G M Mol

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The influence that electronic prescribing has on medication errors and preventable adverse drug events: an interrupted time-series study.

December 2, 2009

van Doormaal J, van den Bemt PMLA, Zaal RJ, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16(6):816-25.

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A decision support system combined with computerized provider order entry significantly reduced incorrect prescriptions, but the incidence of clinical adverse drug events was unchanged.

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