Comparison of prescription data in the electronic medical record, stored prescriptions in the Swedish national prescription repository and the current prescribed treatment stated by patients

• Thirty percent of the prescriptions in the EMR and one fourth of all prescriptions in the NPR were either non-current treatment or prescription duplicates. The present data show that printouts of the prescriptions in both the EMR and the NPR contain many errors. Printouts may be confusing and if patients are not fully aware of their prescribed present treatment, medical errors may occur. The problem may be aggravated by generic substitution

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Samhällsfarmaci och klinisk farmaci (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Social and Clinical Pharmacy (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Community pharmacy services

Samhällsfarmaci

Pharmacology

Farmakologi

Natural Science

Naturvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)