According to a recent analysis, 39% of potentially harmful drug orders ...

... and 13% of potentially fatal orders failed to trigger an alert in hospitals' existing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems.

Source: "Hospitals’ Computerized Systems Proven to Prevent Medication Errors, but More is Needed to Protect Patients from Harm or Death," The Leapfrog Group News Release, April 7, 2016,

http://www.leapfroggroup.org/news-events/hospitals%E2%80%99-computerized-systems-proven-prevent-medication-errors-more-needed-protect