Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare and deadly childhood malignancy. After 40 years of mostly single-center, often non-randomized trials with variable patient inclusions, there has been no improvement in survival. It is therefore time for international collaboration in DIPG research, to provide new hope for children, parents and medical professionals fighting DIPG.
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December 2009
Despite CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) systems' potential to enhance patient safety by reducing medication errors, recent studies have cast some doubts on their role in error reduction. CPOE systems with poorly designed interfaces have proven to cause users dissatisfaction and to introduce new kind of errors in the ordering process, suggesting a threat instead of an enhancement of patient safety. The main objective of this study is to identify usability problems related to a CPOE medication system's design and determining their severities.
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