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How many medication orders are entered t... [AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

How many medication orders are entered t... [AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012] - PubMed - NCBI

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012;2012:1079-88. Epub 2012 Nov 3.

How many medication orders are entered through free-text in EHRs?--a study on hypoglycemic agents.

Source

Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) can reduce medication errors; however, its benefits are only achieved when data are entered in a structured format and entries are properly coded. This paper aims to explore the incidence of free-text medication order entries involving hypoglycemic agents in an ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) system with CPOE. Our results showed that free-text order entry continues to be frequent. During 2010, 9.3% of hypoglycemic agents were entered as free-text for 2,091 patients. 17.4% of the entries contained misspellings. The highest proportion of free-text entries were found in urgent care clinics (49.4%) and among registered nurses (31.5%). Additionally, 92 drug-drug interaction alerts were not triggered due to free-text entries. Only 25.9% of the patients had diabetes recorded in their problem list. Solutions will require policy to enforce structured entry, ongoing improvement in user-interface design, improved training for users, and strategies for maintaining a complete medication list.

PMID:
23304384
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID:
PMC3540584
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