American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
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Am J Health Syst Pharm · Feb 2006
Potential benefits and problems with computerized prescriber order entry: analysis of a voluntary medication error-reporting database.
The potential benefits and problems associated with computerized prescriber-order-entry (CPOE) systems were studied. ⋯ A national, voluntary medication error-reporting database cannot be used to determine the effectiveness of a CPOE system in reducing medication errors because of the variability in the number of reports from different institutions. However, it may provide valuable information on the specific types of errors related to CPOE systems.