Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems Contributing to Medication Errors – A Paradox

• In: Posters
• At: Amsterdam (the Netherlands) (2012)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PIS-P-12
• By: HAMMAD, Muhammad (Aga Khan University Hospital, Department of Pharmacy Services, Karachi, Pakistan)
• Abstract:

  
  Background:
  Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) systems are a revolution in the healthcare industry and widely regarded as the technological solution to preventable medication errors. The available literature supports that CPOE can reduce the medication errors from 50 – 80 %. However, there are some reports and opinions that CPOE not only

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