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" Impact of Internally Developed Electronic Prescription on Prescribing Errors at Discharge from the Emergency Department "
Hitti, Eveline; Tamim, Hani; Bakhti, Rinad; Zebian, Dina; Mufarrij, Afif
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AL
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933114
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LA0bz481r1
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English
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Hitti, Eveline; Tamim, Hani; Bakhti, Rinad; Zebian, Dina; Mufarrij, Afif
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Impact of Internally Developed Electronic Prescription on Prescribing Errors at Discharge from the Emergency Department [Article]\ Hitti, Eveline; Tamim, Hani; Bakhti, Rinad; Zebian, Dina; Mufarrij, Afif
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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18/5
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2017
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Introduction: Medication errors are common, with studies reporting at least one error perpatient encounter. At hospital discharge, medication errors vary from 15%-38%. However,studies assessing the effect of an internally developed electronic (E)-prescription systemat discharge from an emergency department (ED) are comparatively minimal. Additionally,commercially available electronic solutions are cost-prohibitive in many resource-limitedsettings. We assessed the impact of introducing an internally developed, low-cost E-prescriptionsystem, with a list of commonly prescribed medications, on prescription error rates at dischargefrom the ED, compared to handwritten prescriptions.
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