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Objectives: Technology-related prescribing errors curtail the positive impacts of computerised provider order entry (CPOE) on medication safety. Understanding how technology-related errors (TREs) occur can inform CPOE optimisation. Previously, we developed a classification of the underlying mechanisms of TREs using prescribing error data from two adult hospitals. Our objective was to update the classification using paediatric prescribing error data and to assess the reliability with which reviewers could independently apply the classification.
Materials And Methods: Using data on 1696 prescribing errors identified by chart review in 2016 and 2017 at a tertiary paediatric hospital, we identified errors that were technology-related. These errors were investigated to classify their underlying mechanisms using our previously developed classification, and new categories were added based on the data. A two-step process was used to identify and classify TREs involving a review of the error in the CPOE and simulating the error in the CPOE testing environment.
Results: The technology-related error mechanism (TREM) classification comprises six mechanism categories, one contributing factor and 19 subcategories. The categories are as follows: (1) incorrect system configuration or system malfunction, (2) opening or using the wrong patient record, (3) selection errors, (4) construction errors, (5) editing errors, (6) errors that occur when using workflows that differ from a paper-based system (7) contributing factor: use of hybrid systems.
Conclusion: TREs remain a critical issue for CPOE. The updated TREM classification provides a systematic means of assessing and monitoring TREs to inform and prioritise system improvements and has now been updated for the paediatric setting.
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