Medication errors in emergency departments: is electronic medical record an effective barrier?

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare medication errors in two emergency departments with electronic medical record, to two departments that had conventional handwritten records at the same organization. Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective, descriptive, comparative study of medication errors and th...

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Main Authors: Marina Vaidotas, Paula Kiyomi Onaga Yokota, Neila Maria Marques Negrini, Dafne Braga Diamante Leiderman, Valéria Pinheiro de Souza, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos, Nelson Wolosker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082019000400302&lng=en&tlng=en