Reliability evaluation of the adapted National Coordinating Council Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index.

Rita A. Snyder; Jacob Abarca; Jane L Meza; Jeffrey M. Rothschild; Albert Rizos; David W. Bates

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Reliability evaluation of the adapted National Coordinating Council Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) index.

June 13, 2007

Snyder RA, Abarca J, Meza JL, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2007;16(9).

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The investigators used the National Coordinating Council Medication Error Reporting and Prevention index to evaluate computerized provider order entry systems and found that the adapted index was effective for categorization of event type, preventability, and severity.

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