Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Usability in the Reduction of Prescribing Errors

Peikari, Hamid Reza, Zakaria, Mohamad Shanudin, Yasin, Norjaya M., Shah, Mahmood and Elhissi, Abdelbary (2013) Role of Computerized Physician Order Entry Usability in the Reduction of Prescribing Errors. Healthcare Informatics Research, 19 (2). p. 93. ISSN 2093-3681

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2013.19.2.93

Abstract

Some hospitals have implemented computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems to reduce the medical error rates. However, research in this area has been very limited, especially regarding the impact of CPOE use on the reduction of prescribing errors. Moreover, the past studies have dealt with the overall impact of CPOE on the reduction of broadly termed "medical errors", and they have not specified which medical errors have been reduced by CPOE. Furthermore, the majority of the past research in this field has been either qualitative or has not used robust empirical techniques. This research examined the impacts of usability of CPOE systems on the reduction of doctors' prescribing errors. Methods: One hundred and sixty-six questionnaires were used for quantitative data analyses. Since the data was not normally distributed, partial least square path modelling-as the second generation of multivariate data analyses-was applied to analyze data. Results: It was found that the ease of use of the system and information quality can significantly reduce prescribing errors. Moreover, the user interface consistency and system error prevention have a significant positive impact on the perceived ease of use. More than 50% of the respondents believed that CPOE reduces the likelihood of drug allergy, drug interaction, and drug dosing errors thus improving patient safety. Conclusions: Prescribing errors in terms of drug allergy, drug interaction, and drug dosing errors are reduced if the CPOE is not error-prone and easy to use, if the user interface is consistent, and if it provides quality information to doctors.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Medical, Usability, Health informatics, CPOE
Subjects: B800 Medical Technology
G400 Computer Science
G500 Information Systems
G600 Software Engineering
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2020 14:16
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 18:31
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42825

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