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Frequency and severity of parenteral nutrition medication errors at a large children's hospital after implementation of electronic ordering and compounding.

MacKay M, Anderson C, Boehme S, Cash J, Zobell J. Nutr Clin Pract. 2015 Jul 24; [Epub ahead of print].

Computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support can be a powerful tool for alerting clinicians to potential prescribing errors. In this study at a large pediatric institution, implementation of a computerized provider order entry program for total parenteral nutrition resulted in a reduction in prescribing errors.

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