A session at AAO 2026 highlighted how big data and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) could be utilized to help patients receive peak care.
|Articles|April 27, 2012
CPOE Simulation Finds Missed Errors
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In a simulated test of the computerized physician order entry systems at 253 hospitals, more than a third missed routine medication orders and just over 1% missed medication errors that would have resulted in a fatality.
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Source: ModernHealthcare.com
The test was conducted by the Leapfrog Group coalition of major employer healthcare purchasers during the last three months of 2011 by hospitals voluntarily responding to the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, according to a news release.
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