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Article: Electronic Prescribing Reduced Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Renal Outpatient Clinic
Title | Electronic Prescribing Reduced Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Renal Outpatient Clinic |
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Authors | |
Keywords | References (22) View In Table Layout |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | Mosby, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpeds |
Citation | Journal Of Pediatrics, 2008, v. 152 n. 2, p. 214-218 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: To assess the effect of an electronic prescribing (EP) system on the incidence and type of prescribing errors and the number of error-free visits. Study design: This was a before-and-after study conducted in a nephrology outpatient clinic at an acute tertiary care pediatric hospital. Results: A total of 520 patients had 2242 items prescribed on 1141 prescriptions during the study period. The overall prescribing error rate was 77.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 75.3% to 79.4%) for handwritten items and 4.8% (95% CI = 3.4% to 6.7%) with EP. Before EP, 1153 (73.3%; 95% CI = 71.1% to 75.4%) items were missing essential information, and 194 (12.3%; 95% CI = 10.8% to 14%) were judged illegible. After EP, only 9 (1.4%; 95% CI = 0.7% to 2.6%) items were missing essential information, and illegibility errors were eliminated. The number of patient visits that were error-free increased from 21% to 90% (69% difference; 95% CI = 64% to 73.4%) after the implementation of EP. Conclusions: There was a high incidence of errors using handwritten prescriptions in the outpatient setting, with an overall error rate of 77.4%. EP significantly reduced errors related to completeness of prescriptions and eliminated legibility related errors. © 2008 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/132862 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.043 |
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dc.contributor.author | Jani, YH | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Ghaleb, MA | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Marks, SD | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Cope, J | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Barber, N | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, ICK | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-04T07:57:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-04-04T07:57:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Pediatrics, 2008, v. 152 n. 2, p. 214-218 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3476 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/132862 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To assess the effect of an electronic prescribing (EP) system on the incidence and type of prescribing errors and the number of error-free visits. Study design: This was a before-and-after study conducted in a nephrology outpatient clinic at an acute tertiary care pediatric hospital. Results: A total of 520 patients had 2242 items prescribed on 1141 prescriptions during the study period. The overall prescribing error rate was 77.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 75.3% to 79.4%) for handwritten items and 4.8% (95% CI = 3.4% to 6.7%) with EP. Before EP, 1153 (73.3%; 95% CI = 71.1% to 75.4%) items were missing essential information, and 194 (12.3%; 95% CI = 10.8% to 14%) were judged illegible. After EP, only 9 (1.4%; 95% CI = 0.7% to 2.6%) items were missing essential information, and illegibility errors were eliminated. The number of patient visits that were error-free increased from 21% to 90% (69% difference; 95% CI = 64% to 73.4%) after the implementation of EP. Conclusions: There was a high incidence of errors using handwritten prescriptions in the outpatient setting, with an overall error rate of 77.4%. EP significantly reduced errors related to completeness of prescriptions and eliminated legibility related errors. © 2008 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Mosby, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jpeds | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Pediatrics | en_HK |
dc.subject | References (22) View In Table Layout | en_US |
dc.title | Electronic Prescribing Reduced Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Renal Outpatient Clinic | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, ICK: wongick@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, ICK=rp01480 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.09.046 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 18206691 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-38149003547 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-38149003547&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 152 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 214 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 218 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000252819500015 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Jani, YH=6603352762 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ghaleb, MA=8903103000 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Marks, SD=8889557300 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cope, J=55066199900 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Barber, N=7005001200 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wong, ICK=7102513915 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-3476 | - |