La sécurisation par l’informatisation des prescriptions : les médicaments administrés sont-ils ceux prescrits ?

Prescription errors related to the use of computerized provider order-entry system for pediatric patients

“…Moreover, it has been noted that these errors can occur at any stage within the therapy management, including prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring [8]. The reasons behind such errors are in part due to various technical reasons such as confusing software, a screen overload as well as human-related issues such as lack of experience and training, cognitive overload or depersonalization between healthcare actors, as face to face communication is replaced by computer accessibility [10,11]. During the last decade, errors resulting from recently implemented CPOE systems have been reported in many worldwide studies, including France [10,11,12,13].…”