Computerised physician order entry-related medication errors: analysis of reported errors and vulnerability testing of current systems

Conclusions and relevance
Medication error reports provide valuable information for understanding CPOE-related errors. Reports were useful for developing taxonomy and identifying recurring errors to which current CPOE systems are vulnerable. Enhanced monitoring, reporting and testing of CPOE systems are important to improve CPOE safety.

Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care - March 18, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Schiff, G. D., Amato, M. G., Eguale, T., Boehne, J. J., Wright, A., Koppel, R., Rashidee, A. H., Elson, R. B., Whitney, D. L., Thach, T.-T., Bates, D. W., Seger, A. C. Tags: Open access Original research Source Type: research