The impact of health information technology on prescribing errors in hospitals: a systematic review and behaviour change technique analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health information technology (HIT) is known to reduce prescribing errors but may also cause new types of technology-generated errors (TGE) related to data entry, duplicate prescribing, and prescriber alert fatigue. It is unclear which component behaviour change techniques (BCTs) contribute to the effectiveness of prescribing HIT implementations and optimisation. This study aimed to (i) quantitatively assess the HIT that reduces prescribing errors in hospitals and (ii) identify the BCTs associated with effective interventions.

Methods

Articles were identified using CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and Web of Science to May 2020. Eligible studies compared prescribing HIT with paper-order entry and examined prescribing error rates. Studies were excluded if prescribing error

SUBMITTER: Devin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature