ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2024
Nurse Practitioner and General Practitioner Error Rates in a Large Digital Health Service: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.
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backgroundNurse practitioners have been prescribing medication within a narrow scope of practice throughout the world for several decades as a means of meeting rising demand for community health services. Prominent medical bodies have alleged that the Australian government's decision to remove the need for general practitioner collaboration in the context of a nurse practitioner prescribing medication compromises patient safety.
objectivesThis study aimed to determine whether nurse practitioner prescribing increases patient risk relative to general practitioner prescribing in a large digital health service.
methodsInvestigators retrospectively analyzed prescription errors from all audited consults of the Eucalyptus Australia service over a 6 month period between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2024.
resultsOf the 8359 consults, errors were observed in 911 (14.22%) of NP and 417 (21.37%) of general practitioner consults and this difference was found to be statistically significant,
conclusionThese findings suggest that nurse practitioners are capable of safely performing patient assessments and prescribing medications for a select range of conditions in digital health services.
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