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We sought to determine whether the introduction of ePrescribing improved prescribing quality. Patient records for inpatients on four rehabilitation wards, two using ePrescribing and two using the National Medication Chart, during February 2017, were retrospectively reviewed to identify all antimicrobial prescriptions, which were then reviewed for quality. Documentation of indication was significantly better on ePrescribing wards (45\/46, 98%) compared to National Medication Chart wards (47\/59, 80%). Adherence to guidelines (32\/46, 70% vs 33\/59, 56%), appropriateness of therapy (42\/46, 91% vs 50\/59, 85%) and documentation of duration, stop or review dates (35\/46, 76% vs 38\/59, 64%) did not significantly differ. ePrescribing can improve the quality of antimicrobial prescribing when Antimicrobial Stewardship principles are used in system customisation but cannot address all factors impacting on prescribing quality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/1460458220905163","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,20]],"date-time":"2020-02-20T05:35:26Z","timestamp":1582176926000},"page":"2375-2382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Quality of antimicrobial prescribing improved by the introduction of ePrescribing at Auckland City Hospital"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Tayla R","family":"Bowers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Whangarei Hospital, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4515-5116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eamon J","family":"Duffy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/375081"},{"key":"bibr2-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jac\/dks202"},{"key":"bibr3-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(05)17907-0"},{"issue":"4","key":"bibr4-1460458220905163","first-page":"277","volume":"40","author":"Ventola CL","year":"2015","journal-title":"P & T"},{"key":"bibr5-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1179\/2047773215Y.0000000030"},{"key":"bibr6-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4081\/idr.2017.7158"},{"key":"bibr7-1460458220905163","first-page":"CD003543","volume":"2","author":"Davey P","year":"2017","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"bibr8-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13756-019-0515-5"},{"key":"bibr9-1460458220905163","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/ice.2017.277"},{"key":"bibr10-1460458220905163","unstructured":"Health Quality and Safety Commission New Zealand. 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