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The effectiveness of computerized order entry at reducing preventable adverse drug events and medication errors in hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Systematic Reviews, June 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (97th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (92nd percentile)

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Title
The effectiveness of computerized order entry at reducing preventable adverse drug events and medication errors in hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published in
Systematic Reviews, June 2014
DOI 10.1186/2046-4053-3-56
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Authors

Teryl K Nuckols, Crystal Smith-Spangler, Sally C Morton, Steven M Asch, Vaspaan M Patel, Laura J Anderson, Emily L Deichsel, Paul G Shekelle

Abstract

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act subsidizes implementation by hospitals of electronic health records with computerized provider order entry (CPOE), which may reduce patient injuries caused by medication errors (preventable adverse drug events, pADEs). Effects on pADEs have not been rigorously quantified, and effects on medication errors have been variable. The objectives of this analysis were to assess the effectiveness of CPOE at reducing pADEs in hospital-related settings, and examine reasons for heterogeneous effects on medication errors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 <1%
Canada 2 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 399 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 80 20%
Researcher 46 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 10%
Student > Bachelor 40 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 30 7%
Other 83 20%
Unknown 88 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 112 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 55 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 39 10%
Computer Science 30 7%
Social Sciences 12 3%
Other 55 13%
Unknown 107 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 October 2023.
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#746,468
of 25,374,374 outputs
Outputs from Systematic Reviews
#92
of 2,225 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,903
of 234,919 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Systematic Reviews
#3
of 27 outputs
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