Electronic prescribing of medication avoided approximately 17.4 million medication errors in one year, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Researchers conducted a literature review of the use of computerized provider order entry and medication errors using data from the 2006 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Survey, the 2007 American Hospital Association Annual Survey and the AHA's 2008 Electronic Health Record Adoption Database supplement.
Click here to read the full story on CPOE and medication safety in Becker's Hospital Review.
Researchers conducted a literature review of the use of computerized provider order entry and medication errors using data from the 2006 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Survey, the 2007 American Hospital Association Annual Survey and the AHA's 2008 Electronic Health Record Adoption Database supplement.
Click here to read the full story on CPOE and medication safety in Becker's Hospital Review.
