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Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic.
February 13, 2008
Jani Y, Ghaleb M, Marks SD, et al. J Pediatr. 2008;152(2):214-8.
Complex drug regimens have been associated with medication errors in pediatric ambulatory practice. This study found that a commercial electronic prescribing system nearly eliminated handwriting errors in a pediatric specialty clinic, though actual adverse drug events were not measured.
