Importance While much is known about hospital pharmacy error rates in the USA,
comparatively little is known about community pharmacy dispensing error rates. Objective …

Background: One of the most important steps of the health transformation program involves
the application of electronic prescriptions (e-prescriptions) in health services. Information …

Traditionally, medical research is based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for
interventions such as drugs and operative procedures. However, increasingly, there is a …

Prescription errors in high alert drugs (HAD), a group of drugs that have a high risk of
complications and potential negative consequences, are a major and serious problem in …

Background and objective The objective of this study was to identify physicians' and
pharmacists' perceptions of the challenges and benefits to implementing a nationwide …

Objective To determine the variability of ingredient, strength, and dose form information from
drug product descriptions in real-world electronic prescription (e-prescription) data …

Objective Our primary objectives were to examine adherence rates across two technologies
(e-prescribing software and smart pill bottle) with cross-validation from alert-triggered …

Background Free-text directions generated by prescribers in electronic prescriptions can be
difficult for patients to understand due to their variability, complexity and ambiguity …

BACKGROUND: The prescriber's directions to the patient (Sig) are one of the most quality-
sensitive components of a prescription order. Owing to their free-text format, the Sig data that …

Importance The optional free-text Notes field in ambulatory electronic prescriptions (e-
prescriptions) allows prescribers to communicate additional prescription-related information …