Electronic Pharmaceutical Prescriptions

Electronic Pharmaceutical Prescriptions

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Responsible e-Prescribing Needs e-Discontinuation
Implementation of electronic prescribing has been a big success in health information technology. But most e-prescribing systems don't allow electronic cancellation of orders. Adding this feature could help reduce medication errors.
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Feb 7, 2017
The Journal of the American Medical Association
Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer, Adam J. Rose

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Could Liability Concerns Derail Clinical Decision Support?
Computerized clinical decision support (CDS) systems have been developed to enhance physician decisionmaking and reduce the incidence of avoidable medical errors. Drug-drug interaction warnings are a mainstay of CDS systems, but they give rise to a fundamental problem that limits the utility of the systems to date.
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Could Liability Concerns Derail Clinical Decision Support?

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