Use of decision support to prevent errors when documenting height and weight in the hospital electronic medical record.

Pedro J. Caraballo; Frederick North; Steve Peters; Matthew Puffer; Mark Nyman; Samanthie Epps; James Peterson; Robert Bleimeyer; Peter Elkin

Use of decision support to prevent errors when documenting height and weight in the hospital electronic medical record.

Pedro J. Caraballo, Frederick North, Steve Peters, Matthew Puffer, Mark Nyman, Samanthie Epps, James Peterson, Robert Bleimeyer, Peter Elkin

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This study evaluates the impact of decision support to improve documentation of height and weight as a means to prevent medication errors. We developed a real-time expert system rule that calculates age-specific limits and provides an alert if the value entered is outside these limits. We compare data before and after the implementation of the rule, demonstrating a significant reduction of errors.

Original language	English (US)
Number of pages	1
Journal	AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
State	Published - 2008

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Use of decision support to prevent errors when documenting height and weight in the hospital electronic medical record.

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