Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

What Did We Find? Drug Errors

• 27.7% of prescriptions had errors
  • 12.9% if over/under dose left out
• More prescriptions/patient—more errors
• Rural—more errors
• Monitor chronic illness—fewer errors
• Electronic drug prompts—fewer prescriptions
• Quality culture—fewer errors
• Cohesive culture—fewer errors
• Physician payment methods—no influence
• Practice size and complexity—no influence