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Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized patients: implications for clinical practice and the potential use of healthcare information technology to improve prescribing and patient safety.

Hemstreet BA, Stolpman N, Badesch DB, May SK, McCollum M. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:2449-2455.

The investigators studied prescribing activities related to potassium and phosphorus replacement and found that computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are a viable tool to improve the reliability of the administration process.

PubMed citation

Resource Type:		Journal Article > Study

Setting of Care:		Hospitals

Target Audience:		Health Care Providers > Physicians

		Health Care Executives and Administrators > Risk Managers

		Health Care Executives and Administrators > Quality and Safety Professionals

Clinical Area:		Medicine

Safety Target:		Medication Safety > Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events > Ordering/Prescribing Errors

		Medication Safety > Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events > Administration Errors

Error Types:		Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Approach to Improving Safety:		Technologic Approaches > Clinical Information Systems > Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

		Technologic Approaches > Clinical Information Systems > Computerized Decision Support

Origin/Sponsor:		North America > United States of America

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