The effect of electronic prescribing on medication errors and adverse drug events: a systematic review.
The objective of this systematic review is to analyse the relative risk reduction on medication error and adverse drug events (ADE) by computerized physician order entry systems (CPOE). We included controlled field studies and pretest-posttest studies, evaluating all types of CPOE systems, drugs and clinical settings. We present the results in evidence tables, calculate the risk ratio with 95% confidence interval and perform subgroup analyses for categorical factors, such as [...]
Author(s): Ammenwerth, Elske, Schnell-Inderst, Petra, Machan, Christof, Siebert, Uwe
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2667