Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients.

Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients.

Prescribing inappropriate pill splitting is not rare in clinical practice. To reduce inappropriate pill splitting, we developed an automatic warning system linked to a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system for special oral formulation drugs in outpatient settings. We examined the impact o...

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Main Authors: Chia-Chen Hsu, Chia-Yu Chou, Chia-Lin Chou, Chin-Chin Ho, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shu-Chiung Chiang, Min-Shan Wu, Sen-Wen Wang, Chung-Yuan Lee, Yueh-Ching Chou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4257670?pdf=render

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