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Errors associated with outpatient computerized prescribing systems — Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Key
nanji2011eprescribing-errors
Authors
Nanji, Karen C.; Rothschild, Jeffrey M.; Salzberg, Claudia; Keohane, Carol A.; Zigmont, Katherine; Devita, Jim; Gandhi, Tejal K.; Dalal, Anuj K.; Bates, David W.; Poon, Eric G.
Issued
2011
Type
article-journal
Container
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
Volume
18
Issue
6
Pages
767-773
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000205",
  "page": "767-773",
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  "issue": "6",
  "title": "Errors associated with outpatient computerized prescribing systems",
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    {
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    {
      "given": "Jim",
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    {
      "given": "Tejal K.",
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    {
      "given": "Anuj K.",
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    {
      "given": "David W.",
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    {
      "given": "Eric G.",
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Claims

  1. Of 3,850 computer-generated outpatient prescriptions, 11.7% contained errors, most often omitted information, with error rates varying from 5.1% to 37.5% across systems.
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