Reduce patient errors through electronic physician order entry.

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To ferret out errors, the electronic form will also look for discrepancies between your application for Obamacare and your most recent tax return.

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He added it would be interesting to see whether the electronic patient record would prevent more errors once it was in place as any clinician treating the patient would be able to see relevant medication information, whatever their location or the time of day.

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Another study reckons that electronic ordering of drugs can reduce medication errors by 86%.

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Researchers used electronic health records to track 190 diagnostic errors made during primary care visits at one of two healthcare facilities.

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Our recovery plan will invest in electronic health records and new technology that will reduce errors, bring down costs, ensure privacy, and save lives.

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Dr. Singh and other researchers are studying how to better define and measure errors and what strategies best prevent them, such as using electronic health records to track patient test results and helping doctors with software that suggests an alternative diagnosis based on symptoms.

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Reconciling electronic charges is already time-consuming, even more so when there are errors.

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But it raised concerns about the electronic counting system used in London, including the advanced technical knowledge needed to understand and scrutinise the system and errors in transmitting results to the central collation area at City Hall.

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