Effectiveness of computerized provider order entry with dose range checking on prescribing errors.

Bryan Boling; Michael McKibben; John Hingl; Peggi Worth; Brian R. Jacobs

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Effectiveness of computerized provider order entry with dose range checking on prescribing errors.

May 27, 2011

Boling B, McKibben M, Hingl J, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;1(4).

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The investigators queried pharmacy information systems on the use of three types of medications and their antidotes before and after use of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and found that the CPOE reduced inappropriate prescribing fourfold.

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