According to a recent report:

• Medication errors affect 3.8 million patients annually
• In 2014, 59% of hospitals entered at least 75% of all medication orders electronically
•  In 2013 and again in 2014, 36% of potentially harmful medication orders that were entered electronically did not trigger an appropriate warning
• 13.9% of potentially fatal medication orders that were entered electronically were not flagged

Source: "Despite Improvement, New Report Reveals Technology to Prevent Medication Errors Fails Too Often," The Leapfrog Group News Release, April 9, 2015, http://www.leapfroggroup.org/policy_leadership/leapfrog_news/5268377