This is a comparative effectiveness study that evaluates the safety effects of 2 types of commercially available electronic prescribing systems. The increasingly widespread adoption of electronic ...

While electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce medication errors and improve prescribing safety, it is vulnerable to error-prone processes. We review six intersecting areas in which changes to ...

CHICAGO (May 4, 2009) – New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that the adoption of electronic prescribing systems may allow for greater ...

According to statistics published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, U.S. researchers estimated medication errors affect at least 1.5 million people every year and cost the health-care system in ...

Transactional data from the Surescripts electronic prescribing network may be used to track electronic health record adoption efficiently and with regional granularity. This study compared national ...

Clinicians using an electronic prescribing system appear more likely to prescribe lower-cost medications, reducing drug spending, according to a report in the December 8/22 issue of Archives of ...

The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they? Priscilla Lynch reports. Electronic ...

Children are at risk of serious medication errors from electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) systems, despite the belief that they are safer than ...

Last week, FDA issued the final version of its 2023 revised draft guidance, “Electronic Systems, Electronic Records, and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations: Questions and Answers,” which ...

Recent research between the intersection of health and tech brings a new development in an automatic electronic alert system used to prevent overprescribing of asthmatic drugs. "Excessive use of ...