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| − | The authors conducted a controlled, before-and-after trial in two control clinics and one clinic that already is using the e-prescribing feature of CPOE. The purpose of the study is to measure the effect of electronic prescribing on medication dispensing errors, which are defined as discrepancies between the written orders and the dispensed prescription information. | + | The authors conducted a controlled, before-and-after trial in two control clinics and one clinic that already is using the e-prescribing feature of CPOE. The purpose of the study is to measure the effect of electronic prescribing on medication dispensing errors, which are defined as discrepancies between the written orders and the dispensed prescription information. During electronic transmission, prescriptions generated by the CPOE system are electronically transmitted directly to pharmacies. It is beleived that the electronic transmission of prescriptions can significantly reduce the rate of dispensing errors by eliminating pharmacist transcription and data entry. |
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Revision as of 19:14, 3 October 2015
This article was published in 2011 in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.
Contents
Introduction
The study measured the impact of e-prescribing transmission functionality on the rate of dispensing medication errors in an ambulatory care setting. The number of medication dispensing errors is on the rise. Possible reasons are increasing prescription volumes per pharmacy, provider fatigue, frequent workflow interruptions within pharmacies, and sound-alike and look-alike medications.[1]
Methods
The authors conducted a controlled, before-and-after trial in two control clinics and one clinic that already is using the e-prescribing feature of CPOE. The purpose of the study is to measure the effect of electronic prescribing on medication dispensing errors, which are defined as discrepancies between the written orders and the dispensed prescription information. During electronic transmission, prescriptions generated by the CPOE system are electronically transmitted directly to pharmacies. It is beleived that the electronic transmission of prescriptions can significantly reduce the rate of dispensing errors by eliminating pharmacist transcription and data entry.
Conclusion
References
- ↑ David W. Bates, Carol A. Keohane, Thomas T. Moniz, Jeffrey M. Rothschild, Andrew C. Seger and Diane Lew Seger.Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber order entry: Effect on dispensing errors in community pharmacies. http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/ps/i.do?p=HRCA&u=txshracd2509&id=GALE%7CA249311289&v=2.1&it=r&sid=summon&userGroup=txshracd2509&authCount=1
