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Communication failure: analysis of prescribers’ use of an internal free-text field on electronic prescriptions

Author(s) -

Angela Ai,

Adrian Wong,

Mary G. Amato,

Adam Wright

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of the american medical informatics association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1527-974X

pISSN - 1067-5027

DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocy003

Subject(s) - medical prescription , harm , medicine , clarity , family medicine , electronic prescribing , medical emergency , patient safety , medical record , health care , pharmacy , nursing , psychology , social psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , radiology , economic growth

Electronic prescribing promises to improve the safety and clarity of prescriptions. However, it also can introduce miscommunication between prescribers and pharmacists. There are situations where information that is meant to be sent to pharmacists is not sent to them, which has the potential for dangerous errors.

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