Handwritten opioid prescriptions are more prone to mistakes, researchers find

Friday, July 7, 2017 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

Handwritten orders for opioids contributes heavily to a trio of prescribing and processing errors in contrast to those created electronically, researchers have concluded at the end of a small study of opioid prescriptions filled at an outpatient pharmacy.

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