Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
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J R Soc Med
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Biography Historical Article
Park's story and Winters' tale: alternate allocation clinical trials in turn of the century America.
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Multicenter Study
Can an electronic prescribing system detect doctors who are more likely to make a serious prescribing error?
We aimed to assess whether routine data produced by an electronic prescribing system might be useful in identifying doctors at higher risk of making a serious prescribing error. ⋯ Routine data from an electronic prescribing system should not be used to identify doctors who are at risk of making serious errors. Careful evaluation of the kinds of quality assurance questions for which routine data are suitable will be increasingly valuable.