CPOE: not the first step toward patient safety.

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CPOE: not the first step toward patient safety.

March 6, 2005

Kremsdorf R

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An editorial arguing that the emphasis on computerized solutions to reduce medical errors misdirects efforts from the real culprit: a failure to rescue.

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