Case and Commentary
Mar 2011
Deborah D. Nelson, MD
A hospital shares responsibility for system failures that result in harm to a patient in its care. A fully functional computerized physician order-entry (CPOE) system should be able to prevent “copy and paste” medication errors from harming patients.
Virtual Mentor. 2011;13(3):144-147. doi:
10.1001/virtualmentor.2011.13.3.ccas1-1103.