A number of Leapfrog’s surveys have come under scrutiny from some hospitals, who question their methodology and metrics. Here, Mobley said, the survey may inflate the number of hospitals with a computer-based medication ordering system. But when it comes to how effective the systems are, the findings are unsurprising, both Haskell and Ratwani said.
“What these findings indicate – and what many other researchers have shown – is that computerized physician order entry is effective at reducing adverse drug events,” Ratwani said. “What we also know…is these electronic health record systems are complex.”
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