Factors Related to Errors in Medication Prescribing
JAMAPublished 22 January 1997
Timothy S. Lesar
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By improving the focus of organizational, technological, and risk management educational and training efforts using the factors commonly associated with prescribing errors, risk to patients from adverse drug events should be reduced.
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Several easily identified factors are associated with a large proportion of medication prescribing errors. By improving the focus of organizational, technological, and risk management educational and training efforts using the factors commonly associated with prescribing errors, risk to patients from adverse drug events should be reduced.
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Health ProfessionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
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