Table 4.
Potential harm rating of error | Immediately post |
1-year post |
4-years post |
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No. of prescribing errors | No. of TREs | % of errors that were TREs | No. of errors | No. of TREs | % of errors that were TREs | No. of errors | No. of TREs | % of errors that were TREs | |
Moderate | 620 | 151 | 24.4 | 266 | 62 | 23.3 | 244 | 96 | 39.3 |
Major | 110 | 69 | 62.7 | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 26 | 21 | 80.8 |
Serious | 14 | 13 | 92.9 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
Total | 744 | 233 | 31.3 | 299 | 77 | 25.8 | 272 | 118 | 43.4 |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; CPOE = computerized provider order entry; TRE = technology-related error.