Evaluation of a user guidance reminder to improve the quality of electronic prescription messages.

A A Dhavle¹, S T Corley², M T Rupp³, J Ruiz¹, J Smith¹, R Gill², M Sow¹

¹Surescripts LLC , Arlington, VA, USA.

²NextGen Healthcare Information Systems LLC , Horsham, PA, USA.

³Midwestern University , Glendale, AZ, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Prescribers' inappropriate use of the free-text Notes field in new electronic prescriptions can create confusion and workflow disruptions at receiving pharmacies that often necessitates contact with prescribers for clarification. The inclusion of inappropriate patient direction (Sig) information in the Notes field is particularly problematic. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effect of a ta…

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