Managed care interface
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Managed care interface · Mar 2007
Comparative StudyThe effect of computerized physician-order entry on outpatient prescription errors.
Little information is available regarding the use of computerized physician-order entry (CPOE) in the outpatient setting or the role of pharmacists in preventing prescription errors with CPOE. This study evaluated the effect of CPOE on pharmacist-intercepted prescription errors in the outpatient setting by using data collected from a retrospective survey of 4527 prescriptions ordered in the outpatient clinics of a tertiary academic center between 1996 and 2002. ⋯ These conclusions suggest a decrease in outpatient intercepted prescription errors associated with CPOE. The pharmacist plays a critical role in the prevention of prescription errors, as the errors discovered in the study would have reached the patients if not for their interception by these health care professionals.