Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic.

Emily Beth Devine; Jennifer L. Wilson-Norton; Nathan M. Lawless; Ryan N. Hansen; Thomas K. Hazlet; Kerry Kelly; William Hollingworth; David K. Blough; Sean D. Sullivan

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Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic.

August 31, 2011

Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(10):1062-70.

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Prior to implementation of an electronic prescription system, the investigators retrospectively analyzed handwritten prescriptions to identify prescribing errors and their characteristics.

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