Telemedicine vs telephone consultations and medication prescribing errors among referring physicians: a cluster randomized crossover trial.
Medication errors among children remain a patient safety challenge. This cluster randomized trial evaluated medication errors among critically ill children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) and randomized to receive either video telemedicine or telephone consultations with pediatric critical care physicians. A physician-related medication error occurred in 12.5% of participants overall, with no statistically significant differences between the video telemedicine or telephone consultation groups.