Examples of these errors are when a physician selects an inappropriate product, or the risk of ordering conflicting or duplicative medication because the CPOE system separates the process of ordering from the process of discontinuing existing medications.3 According to Koppel medication discontinuation failures (medication-canceling ambiguities) is aggravated by the computer interface or overlap and multiple-screen displays of medications. It is easy to select the wrong patient file because names and drugs are very close to each other. Since a patient’s medication information is seldom synthesized on 1 screen, many screens might be needed to see all of a patient’s medications, increasing the likelihood of selecting a wrong medication. Moreover different CPOE computer screens might offer differing colors and typefaces for the same information, enhancing misinterpretation as physicians switch among screens and can easily be confused.3 Procedure-Linked Medication Discontinuation Faults and Conflicting or Duplication Medications are the other outcomes results from fragmentation
Examples of these errors are when a physician selects an inappropriate product, or the risk of ordering conflicting or duplicative medication because the CPOE system separates the process of ordering from the process of discontinuing existing medications.3 According to Koppel medication discontinuation failures (medication-canceling ambiguities) is aggravated by the computer interface or overlap and multiple-screen displays of medications. It is easy to select the wrong patient file because names and drugs are very close to each other. Since a patient’s medication information is seldom synthesized on 1 screen, many screens might be needed to see all of a patient’s medications, increasing the likelihood of selecting a wrong medication. Moreover different CPOE computer screens might offer differing colors and typefaces for the same information, enhancing misinterpretation as physicians switch among screens and can easily be confused.3 Procedure-Linked Medication Discontinuation Faults and Conflicting or Duplication Medications are the other outcomes results from fragmentation