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Researchers address the root cause of wrong-patient order errors – News-Medical.Net
Each year, health care practitioners at Brigham and Women’s Hospital place over a million orders through the electronic health records (EHR) system.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 16 2020
Each year, health care practitioners at Brigham and Women’s Hospital place over a million orders through the electronic health records (EHR) system.
Even though studies indicate that practitioners place more than 99.9 percent of orders for the correct patients, researchers at the Brigham analyzed that remaining 0.1 percent to determine and address the root causes of wrong-patient order errors.
In an effort to improve patient safety, the Brigham required…
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