Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report.

A Vaziri; E Connor; I Shepherd; RT Jones; T Chan; S de Lusignan

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Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report.

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Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report.

A Vaziri, E Connor, I Shepherd, RT Jones, T Chan and S de Lusignan

Inform Prim Care, Vol.17(3), pp.175-182

2009

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Decision Support Systems

Clinical

Great Britain

Humans

Information Storage and Retrieval

Medical Order Entry Systems

Medical Records Systems

Computerized

Medication Errors

Primary Health Care

Safety Management

Prescribing errors are common and costly. Technology should enable safer prescribing. The two main current methods of doing so are computer initiated clinical support software (CDSS) and the user initiated information retrieval (IR) systems. However, despite the near universal availability of computerised prescribing support in the UK, errors continue.

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Title: Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report.
Creators: A Vaziri
E Connor
I Shepherd
RT Jones
T Chan
S de Lusignan
Publication Details: Inform Prim Care, Vol.17(3), pp.175-182
Date published: 2009
Date submitted: 01/02/2012
Identifiers: 99512208802346
Academic Unit: University of Surrey
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop report.

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