The safety of electronic prescribing: manifestations, mechanisms, and rates of system-related errors associated with two commercial systems in hospitals.

CONCLUSIONS: System-related errors are frequent, yet few are detected. e-PS require new tasks of prescribers, creating additional cognitive load and error opportunities. Dual classification, by manifestation and mechanism, allowed identification of design features which increase risk and potential solutions. e-PS designs with fewer drop-down menu selections may reduce error risk.
PMID: 23721982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - May 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Westbrook JI, Baysari MT, Li L, Burke R, Richardson KL, Day RO Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research