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.