Role of computerized physician order entry usability in the reduction of prescribing errors.

Hamid Reza Peikari; Mohamad Shanudin Zakaria; Norjaya M Yasin; Mahmood Hussain Shah; Abdelbary Elhissi

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Role of computerized physician order entry usability in the reduction of prescribing errors.

August 21, 2013

Peikari HR, Zakaria MS, Yasin NM, et al. Healthc Inform Res. 2013;19(2):93-101.

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Computerized provider order entry users felt that the usability of the system was the most important factor in its ability to prevent medication prescribing errors.

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