An Overview of the Impact of Electronic Prescribing Systems on Medication Errors, for Patients Safety

Abstract

Computerized physician order input and clinical decision support systems are electronic prescription methodologies that are progressively utilized to enhance patient safety. Our purpose was to evaluate the influence of electronic prescription systems on drug mistakes and patient harm to enhance patient safety. Electronic prescribing can diminish prescribing and dispensing errors linked to handwritten prescriptions. An internally designed basic E-prescription system, incorporating frequently prescribed pharmaceuticals, significantly diminished medication errors in a resource-constrained environment where the expenses of advanced commercial electronic systems are unaffordable.