Here is the latest in the ongoing discussion of eliminating near universaly prospective order review (NUPOR) from the pharmacists daily work load.
Dennis Tribble elaborates and articulates the issue in a thoughtful way.
Automating order review is delegation, not abdication
Dennis A. Tribble
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2009;66 1078-1079
http://www.ajhp.org/cgi/content/full/66/12/1078
The two other articles are now free to all.
Flynn AJ. The opportunity cost of pharmacists’ nearly universal prospective order review. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2009; 66:668–70.[Free Full Text]
Poikonen J. An informatics perspective on nearly universal prospective order review. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2009; 66:704–5. Letter.[Free Full Text]