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Concern about safety and, likewise, errors in medicine exploded after the first Institute of Medicine report “To Err is Human: building a safer health system” in 1999. (1 [...]

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) is an important element of the electronic health record. However, there has been some difficulty with user acceptance. This is of [...]

Iatrogenic injuries are common among hospitalized patients and are frequently preventable. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 peo [...]

Prescription data in computerized provider order entry systems contain a wealth of information about medication utilization. Appropriateness of therapy and provider presc [...]

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is a good thing for several reasons. It is expected that CPOE will improve patient safety by supporting clinical decision suppor [...]

As the Providence Health System is phasing in its Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system at the Providence Portland Medical Center, we conducted a study to demon [...]

Chemotherapy, the prescription and administration of drugs to cancer patients, has traditionally been prescribed according to standard protocols through paper-based syste [...]

Data entry is defined as entering Data into a computer, usually a database or a spreadsheet. New technologies such as automated forms processing have demonstrated the abi [...]

Medication errors and adverse drug events ADE are a constant challenge for healthcare providers. The fast-paced and unpredictable setting of an emergency department is es [...]