Becker's Healthcare September 16, 2024
Alexandra Murphy

A new study found that technology-related errors (TREs) were a significant issue in the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system of one pediatric hospital, with 1 in 3 prescribing errors being linked to technology.

The research, published Sept. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, was conducted in a large tertiary pediatric hospital and examined how TREs evolved over a four-year period following the implementation of CPOE. The errors, often tied to the design and functionality of the system, accounted...

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Topics: Health IT, Health System / Hospital, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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