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Outpatient prescribing errors and the impact of computerized prescribing [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of General Internal Medicine, 2005
Medication errors are common among inpatients and many are preventable with computerized prescribing. Relatively little is known about outpatient prescribing errors or the impact of computerized prescribing in this setting.To assess the rates, types, and severity of outpatient prescribing errors and understand the potential impact of computerized ...
David W Bates   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Prescribing errors in hospital practice [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2012
Prescribing errors that occur in hospitals have been a source of concern for decades. This narrative review describes some of the recent work in this field. There is considerable heterogeneity in definitions and methods used in research on prescribing errors.
Mary P. Tully
exaly   +4 more sources

Electronic prescribing reduces prescribing error in public hospitals

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011
Aims and objectives.  To examine the incidence of prescribing errors in a main public hospital in Pakistan and to assess the impact of introducing electronic prescribing system on the reduction of their incidence.Background.  Medication errors are persistent in today’s healthcare system.
Ramzi Shawahna   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Errors in Prescribing Methotrexate

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992
To the Editor. —We have systematically evaluated prescribing errors for the past 6 years. 1 Recently, we have observed recurrent prescribing errors involving methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis. Treatment with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis usually involves a regimen of onceweekly administration of doses ranging from 2.5 to 35 mg.2,3 Daily ...
B M, Lomaestro, T S, Lesar, T P, Hager
openaire   +2 more sources

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