A study from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that in half of the medication errors in healthcare facilities, the leading factor was the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) function of the EMR and how it interacted with the pharmacy system. A majority (69%) of the errors reached the patient, though few...
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OK, “myth” is a bit of an exaggeration. A study from 2014 by the Robert Graham Center found a U-shaped relationship between medical student debt and the likelihood of students going into family medicine. Actually, it was more of a saucer-shaped curve. Students who had debt > $150,000, but also those with...
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