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Pharmacy Technicians Play Key Role in Medication Error Prevention

Jul 22, 2020: "Serious preventable medication errors occur in 3.8 million inpatient admissions and 3.3 million outpatient visits every year, according to the presentation. These errors cost approximately $20.6 billion per year, according to the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI). Dosing errors make up 37% of preventable errors."

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Only 4% of physicians reported having EMR systems that were fully functional and had a prescribing function