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Electronic prescribing appears to reduce errors in office setting.(Practice Trends)
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Skin & Allergy News
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November 1, 2006
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SEATTLE -- Electronic prescribing may be a way to significantly reduce medication errors, according to a study that reviewed records involving 749 private-practice patients and more than 1,000 prescriptions.
The study found an error rate of 3.9% when physicians used electronic prescribing, Martha Simpson, D.O., said at a conference on rural health sponsored by the WONCA, the World Organization of Family Doctors. That compares with medication error rates from hospital studies that range from 3% to 6%, and error rates from studies in the community that have reached as high as 10%.
"This is significantly lower than other reported rates have been," said Dr. Simpson of the ...