Role of computerized physician order entry systems in facilitating medication errors.

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Published in JAMA on March 09, 2005

Authors

Ross Koppel1, Joshua P Metlay, Abigail Cohen, Brian Abaluck, A Russell Localio, Stephen E Kimmel, Brian L Strom

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104 USA. rkoppel@sas.upenn.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Investigating Wrong-Patient Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Errors | NCT01262053

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