A total of 5,063 medication errors were reported for the entire hospital during the 16-month study period. During that same period, there were 49,413 patient discharges from the hospital. The rate of ...

Evaluating Use Characteristics for the Oncotype Dx 21-Gene Recurrence Score and Concordance With Chemotherapy Use in Early-Stage Breast Cancer We conducted a direct-observation time-and-motion study ...

Computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) systems decrease medication error, but they may not decrease patient harm due to medication error, according to the results of a study conducted at ...

Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent a significant cause of injury in the ambulatory care setting. Computerized physician order entry reduces rates of serious medication errors that can ...

Background: Errors involving medication use are common. Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can improve prescribing practices. Few studies have examined the effect of CPOE in combination with ...

A study conducted by University of Pennsylvania researchers assessed the effectiveness of using a computerized physician order entry system to reduce orders for anticoagulant medication warfarin in ...

Doctors are famous for sloppy scribbling — and handwritten prescriptions lead to thousands of medication errors each year. Electronics to the rescue: U.S. hospitals that switched to computerized ...

Computerized prescriber order entry systems and pharmacy systems are the most commonly reported factors contributing to medication errors in Pennsylvania healthcare facilities, data shows. Although ...

Objectives: To estimate the current uses level of ambulatorycomputerized physician order entry (A-CPOE) among physiciansand to examine the relationship of managed care penetration aswell as other ...

The Leapfrog Group published a report in late June suggesting computerized prescribing systems can miss errors if not monitored regularly, which could lead to fatalities, according to a news release ...

A 16-month observational review was conducted at UNC Hospitals, a 688-bed academic hospital. CPOE was implemented at UNC Hospitals in an incremental fashion. The Siemens Medical Solutions CPOE system ...