{"id":1052942,"date":"2010-06-17T08:16:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T08:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/electronic-prescribing-decreases-prescribing-errors-seven-fold\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:47:01","slug":"electronic-prescribing-decreases-prescribing-errors-seven-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/electronic-prescribing-decreases-prescribing-errors-seven-fold.php","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Prescribing Decreases Prescribing Errors Seven Fold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2608\/483\/1600\/b1keyboard02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/f46fd_b1keyboard02.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a>For e-prescribing adopters, error rates decreased nearly sevenfold, from 42.5 per 100 prescriptions at baseline to 6.6 per 100 prescriptions one year after adoption.<\/p><p>For non-adopters, error rates remained high at 37 per 100 prescriptions at baseline and 38 per 100 prescriptions at one year.<\/p><p>Illegibility errors were very high at baseline, and not surprisingly, were completely eliminated by e-prescribing (87.6 per 100 prescriptions at baseline for e-prescribing adopters, 0 at one year).<\/p><p>Prescribing errors may occur much more frequently in community-based practices than previously reported. This study findings suggest that stand-alone e-prescribing with clinical decision support may significantly improve ambulatory medication safety.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/g37161631742w1x6\/\">Electronic Prescribing Improves Medication Safety in Community-Based Office Practices<\/a>. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010.<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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