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Články z PhysOrgCommercial electronic prescribing systems can reduce medication errors in hospital patients

31. 1 2012 (23:24)

A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that commercial electronic prescribing systems (commonly known as e-prescribing, in which prescribers use a computer to order medications for their patients through a system with the help of prompts, aids, and alerts) could substantially reduce prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients.