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. 2023 Jul 25;6:133. doi: 10.1038/s41746-023-00877-w

Table 2.

Comparison of patients reviewed, orders reviewed and errors detected pre- and post-transition to a digital hospital from chart audit.

Variable Pre-transition Post-transition p-valuea
Total patient admissions 125 109
Total orders reviewed 5072 3699
Total errors 4183 (0.8 errors per order) 891 (0.2 errors per order)
Medication orders with one or more error, n (%)
 Any error 2676 (52.8) 582 (15.7) <0.001
 Procedural or administrative error 1630 (32.1) 49 (1.3) <0.001
 Dosing error 1640 (32.3) 517 (14) <0.001
 Therapeutic errors 32 (0.6) 28 (0.7) 0.478
Medication orders with one or more type of adverse drug event, n (%)
 Severe 133 (2.6) 96 (2.6) 0.938
 Moderate 1245 (24.5) 272 (7.3) <0.001
 Actual preventable adverse drug event 1 (0.02) 0 (0)

aχ2 test.