Computerized Physician Order Entry System
The occurence rate of medicine errors can be reduced by implementing a computerized doctor order entry (CPOE) system, as per a review of several studies conducted by scientists at the University of Minnesota.
The review, recently reported in the online journal Health Services Research, analyzed 12 studies conducted between 1990 and 2005 that compared the number of handwritten and computerized medicine errors made by hospital physicians. Medication errors, which include prescribing the wrong drug, ordering an inaccurate dosage, or administering a drug ....Read more
