Optimising electronic prescribing in hospitals: a scoping review protocol

Introduction Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) systems can improve the quality of prescribing decisions and substantially reduce the risk of serious medication errors in hospitals. However, realising these benefits depends on ensuring that relevant sociotechnical considerations are addressed. Op...

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Main Authors: David W Bates, Jac Williams
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Online Access:https://informatics.bmj.com/content/27/1/e100117.full
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description Introduction Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) systems can improve the quality of prescribing decisions and substantially reduce the risk of serious medication errors in hospitals. However, realising these benefits depends on ensuring that relevant sociotechnical considerations are addressed. Optimising ePrescribing systems is essential to maximise the associated benefits and minimise the accompanying risks of these large-scale and expensive health informatics infrastructures.Methods We will undertake a systematic scoping review of the literature to identify strategies to achieve optimisation of ePrescribing systems. We will search Medline, Embase and CINAHL for the period 1 January 2010 to 1 June 2019 and the grey literature by using Google Scholar. Independent reviewers will screen the results using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria and will extract data for narrative and thematic synthesis.Discussion This work will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and we will ensure that the findings are both accessible and interpretable to the public, academics, policymakers and National Health Service leaders.
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spelling doaj-art-4d58f7b140f94e5b869fa4d797f4f1da2025-08-20T02:11:50ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Health & Care Informatics2632-10092020-07-0127110.1136/bmjhci-2019-100117Optimising electronic prescribing in hospitals: a scoping review protocolDavid W Bates0Jac Williams11 Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAThe University of Edinburgh Usher Institute, Edinburgh, UKIntroduction Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) systems can improve the quality of prescribing decisions and substantially reduce the risk of serious medication errors in hospitals. However, realising these benefits depends on ensuring that relevant sociotechnical considerations are addressed. Optimising ePrescribing systems is essential to maximise the associated benefits and minimise the accompanying risks of these large-scale and expensive health informatics infrastructures.Methods We will undertake a systematic scoping review of the literature to identify strategies to achieve optimisation of ePrescribing systems. We will search Medline, Embase and CINAHL for the period 1 January 2010 to 1 June 2019 and the grey literature by using Google Scholar. Independent reviewers will screen the results using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria and will extract data for narrative and thematic synthesis.Discussion This work will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and we will ensure that the findings are both accessible and interpretable to the public, academics, policymakers and National Health Service leaders.https://informatics.bmj.com/content/27/1/e100117.full
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