Medication Systems
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25. Impact of Basic Computerized Prescribing on Outpatient Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events
Few data exist about the impact of computerized prescribing systems on outpatient medication errors (MEs) and adverse drug events (ADEs). We compared the rates of MEs and ADEs in handwritten sites versus sites with basic computerized prescribing. These systems reduced ME rates but did not significantly reduce ADE rates. Failure to monitor accounted for a lar
American Medical Informatics Association.
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26. Evaluation of Formal Communication Systems in a Hospital
The complex operation of a medical institution always posed difficult communication problems. To develop an approach to the analysis of these communication problems, the inpatient medication process at Johns Hopkins Hospital was studied. A matrix model is introduced to represent the structure of the medication system. Quantitative measures of the effectivene
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27. Detection and Prevention of Medication Errors Using Real-Time Bedside Nurse Charting
Objective: Charting systems with decision support have been developed to assist with medication charting, but many of the features of these programs are not properly used in their clinical application. An analysis of medication error reports at LDS Hospital revealed the occurrence of errors that should have been detected and prevented by decision support fea
American Medical Informatics Association.
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28. Prevention of medication errors: detection and audit
Medication errors have important implications for patient safety, and their identification is a main target in improving clinical practice errors, in order to prevent adverse events.Error detection is the first crucial step. Approaches to this are likely to be different in research and routine care, and the most suitable must be chosen according to the setti
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29. Improving Patient Safety by Identifying Side Effects from Introducing Bar Coding in Medication Administration
Objective. In addition to providing new capabilities, the introduction of technology in complex, sociotechnical systems, such as health care and aviation, can have unanticipated side effects on technical, social, and organizational dimensions. To identify potential accidents in the making, the authors looked for side effects from a natural experiment, the im
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30. E-Prescribing: Clinical Implications for Patients with Diabetes
With the recent Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and stimulus package incentives for health information technology, many clinicians are expected to adopt or enhance their use of e-prescribing systems. E-prescribing has nearly eradicated medication errors resulting from prescriber handwriting interpretations, yet several other patient-care and workfl
Diabetes Technology Society.
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31. Electronic compliance assessment of antifungal prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus-infected women.
Several prophylactic medications for opportunistic or recurrent infections are used in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals. Essential to the efficacy evaluation of these agents is the accurate reporting of medication compliance. We hypothesized that poor patient compliance with thrice-weekly fluconazole prophylaxis would correlate with the occu
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32. The role of communication in paediatric drug safety
Medication errors cause substantial harm to patients, and considerable cost to healthcare systems. Evidence suggests that communication plays a crucial role in the generation, management and prevention of such incidents. This review identifies how paediatric medication errors can be managed, and in particular focuses on the pathway of steps that can operatio
BMJ Group.
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33. Medication errors: prescribing faults and prescription errors
Medication errors are common in general practice and in hospitals. Both errors in the act of writing (prescription errors) and prescribing faults due to erroneous medical decisions can result in harm to patients.Any step in the prescribing process can generate errors. Slips, lapses, or mistakes are sources of errors, as in unintended omissions in the transcr
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34. Comprehensive Analysis of a Medication Dosing Error Related to CPOE
This case study of a serious medication error demonstrates the necessity of a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of failures in interaction between humans and information systems. The authors used a novel approach to analyze a dosing error related to computer-based ordering of potassium chloride (KCl). The method included a chronological reconstructi
American Medical Informatics Association.
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35. Uptake of dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine by platelets of patients with Parkinsonism.
The uptake of tritiated dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine by platelets from 11 patients with Parkinsonism who were not receiving any medication, and from 11 control subjects matched for sex and for age within a decade was compared. No significant differences were found in the uptake of either amine. Our findings, therefore, provide no support for the belief t
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36. Prevention of medication errors: teaching and training
Poor prescribing is probably the most common cause of preventable medication errors in hospitals, and many of these events involve junior doctors who have recently graduated. Prescribing is a complex skill that depends on a sound knowledge of medicines, an understanding of the principles of clinical pharmacology, the ability to make judgements concerning ris
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