Report: Use Of Digital Medication Orders Has Reduced Errors, But Systems Still Fail To Flag 13% of Potentially Fatal Mistakes.

summarizes a new data analytics report that found the use of digital medication orders, so-called “computerized physician order entry” (CPOE), has “dramatically reduced the number of dangerous drug errors,” but the computer systems that process these orders “still fail to flag 13% of potentially fatal mistakes.” http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/07/hospitals-digital-drug-ordering-boosts-safety-but-can-lead-fatal-errors/82669450/