Intercepting wrong-patient orders in a computerized provider order entry system.
Green RA, Hripcsak G, Salmasian H, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2014 Dec 17; [Epub ahead of print].
While computerized physician order entry is expected to significantly reduce adverse drug events, systems must be implemented thoughtfully to avoid facilitating certain types of errors. A forcing function that mandated correct patient identification resulted in a moderate decrease in wrong-patient prescribing errors within a computerized provider order entry system.
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