Electronic prescribing systems in hospitals to improve medication safety: a multimethods research programme

• Main Authors: Aziz Sheikh (Author), Jamie Coleman (Author), Antony Chuter (Author), Robin Williams (Author), Richard Lilford (Author), Ann Slee (Author), Zoe Morrison (Author), Kathrin Cresswell (Author), Ann Robertson (Author), Sarah Slight (Author), Hajar Mozaffar (Author), Lisa Lee (Author), Sonal Shah (Author), Sarah Pontefract (Author), Abby King (Author), Valeri Wiegel (Author), Samuel Watson (Author), Nde-Eshimuni Salema (Author), David Bates (Author), Anthony Avery (Author), Alan Girling (Author), Lucy McCloughan (Author), Neil Watson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: NIHR Journals Library, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: There is a need to identify approaches to reduce medication errors. Interest has converged on ePrescribing systems that incorporate computerised provider order entry and clinical decision support functionality. Objectives: We sought to describe the procurement, implementation and adoptio...