Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
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Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · Sep 2007
Reliability evaluation of the adapted national coordinating council medication error reporting and prevention (NCC MERP) index.
Adapted National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) Index criteria were used in a study undertaken to evaluate commercial computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system impact on community hospital medication errors. This article describes: (1) adaptation of the Index, (2) classification criteria and processes used to assess the adapted Index, and (3) inter-rater reliability results. ⋯ The adapted Index yielded substantial agreement for event type, preventability, and severity. Adaptation of the Index to support classification of non-preventable ADEs was an important improvement.