Analysis Of Quickly Stopped Rx Orders Provides New Tool For Reducing Medical Errors

By studying medication orders that are withdrawn (”discontinued”) by physicians within 45 minutes of their origination, researchers at The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated a systematic and efficient method of identifying prescribing errors. The method, they say, has value to screen for medication errors and as a teaching tool for physicians and physicians-in-training.

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Filed under: Primary Care on July 25th, 2008