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

Friday, July 18, 2008 - 18:35 in Health & Medicine

By studying medication orders that are withdrawn ("discontinued") by physicians within 45 minutes of their origination, researchers have demonstrated a systematic and efficient method of identifying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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