Impact of Internally Developed Electronic Prescription on Prescribing Errors at Discharge from the Emergency Department

Introduction: Medication errors are common, with studies reporting at least one error per patient encounter. At hospital discharge, medication errors vary from 15%–38%. However, studies assessing the effect of an internally developed electronic (E)-prescription system at discharge from an emergency...

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Main Authors: Eveline Hitti, Hani Tamim, Rinad Bakhti, Dina Zebian, Afif Mufarrij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-07-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0bz481r1