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Computerized Prescription Systems Introduce New Errors

By Patti Neighmond
Published March 7, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

Hospitals have been installing computerized prescription systems to help eliminate human error. But a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association finds these programs are actually causing new kinds of medical mistakes.

Copyright 2005 NPR

Corrected: March 24, 2005 at 7:04 PM CST
Sociologist Ross Koppel of the University of Pennsylvania is misidentified as "Robert" in this segment.
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Patti Neighmond
Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.
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