{"id":1885,"date":"2016-05-19T02:31:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T02:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saince.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:42:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:42:36","slug":"survey-finds-that-ehrs-many-times-do-not-catch-medication-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saince.com\/blog\/survey-finds-that-ehrs-many-times-do-not-catch-medication-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey finds that EHRs many times do not catch medication errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey report released last month by Leapfrog Group found that many EHR systems do not catch medication errors. Almost 40 percent of potentially harmful drug orders weren\u2019t flagged as dangerous by the systems, Leapfrog found. These included medication orders for the wrong condition or in the wrong dose based on things like a patient\u2019s size, other illnesses or likely drug interactions. <strong>Meanwhile, systems missed about 13 percent of errors that could have killed patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Medication errors can often times cause serious harm to patients \u2013 and even death. Many hospitals try to prevent them with the use of electronic health records (EHR) systems. But these methods are far from\u00a0foolproof, according to\u00a0this new\u00a0report.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/psnet.ahrq.gov\/primers\/primer\/23\/medication-errors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span><span>2015 figures<\/span><\/span><\/a> from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, about 1 of every 20 patients in hospitals suffers harm because of medications. 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