Medication administration discrepancies persist despite electronic ordering.
Background Up to 38% of inpatient medication errors occur at the administration stage. Although they reduce prescribing errors, computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems do not prevent administration errors or timing discrepancies. This study determined the degree to which CPOE medication orders matched actual dose administration times. METHODS At a 658-bed academic hospital with CPOE but lacking electronic medication administration charting, authors randomly selected adult patients with eligible medication orders [...]
Author(s): FitzHenry, Fern, Peterson, Josh F, Arrieta, Mark, Waitman, Lemuel R, Schildcrout, Jonathan S, Miller, Randolph A
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2359