Quality improvement of the medication system in a long-term care facility: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study [PDF]
Objective: To describe the implementation of a quality improvement intervention for the medication system of a large not-for-profit long-term care facility (LTCF) and evaluate its effectiveness.
Ana Ludmila Santos Plauska +4 more
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DRUG ADMINISTRATION: A SYSTEMIC VIEW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICATION ERROR PREVENTIVE ACTIONS [PDF]
The drug administration is a very frequent activity of a hospital routine in general, as well as of itsnursing team. However studies have shown the need to implement strategies to prevent or to mitigate errors foundin this pratice.
Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani +1 more
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Evaluation of Medication Error Incident Reports at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Background: Medications errors (MEs) have been a major concern of healthcare systems worldwide. Voluntary-based incident reporting is the mainstay system to detect such events in many institutions.
Mohammed Aseeri +4 more
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Diabetes medication recommendation system using patient similarity analytics
Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a medical condition in which oral medications avail to patients to curb their hyperglycaemia after failed dietary therapy. However, individual responses to the prescribed pharmacotherapy may differ due to their clinical
Wei Ying Tan +5 more
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We described insulin glargine (originator) and insulin glargine-yfgn (biosimilar) treatment patterns, assessed effectiveness and safety outcomes, and identified reasons for switching back to the originator product from the biosimilar.
Samantha Walczuk +11 more
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MEDICATION SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF AN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS [PDF]
The medication errors can bring serious consequences to patients, professionals andhealthcare institutions, they have multiple causes, amongst them failures related to theprofessionals and related to the medication system.
Ana Elisa Bauer de Camargo Silva
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Efficiency, Efficacy, and Power in the Implementation of a Medication Adherence Aid. [PDF]
Nonadherence to medication regimens is common, with approximately 50% of patients not taking their medications as prescribed. The Universal Medication Schedule (UMS) is a set of standardized, evidence-based, and patient-centered instructions for pill ...
Ackerman, Sara +5 more
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Quality Management of Inpatient Medication Administration in Hong Kong Public Hospitals
Medicine maladministration can result in various side effects to patients, including serious complications, extended medical care, incapacity and death. In Hong Kong public hospitals, the pattern of medication error consists of prescribing error usually ...
Kiu Yan Kwong, Ben Y.F Fong
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Medication use by the driving population [PDF]
Producción CientíficaThis study investigated patterns of medicine use among Spanish drivers. The study was conducted in the fall of 1993 on 1500 drivers aged over 16, all of whom completed accordingly and then returned the questionnaires.
Río, María del Carmen del +1 more
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AI empowered context-aware smart system for medication adherence [PDF]
Purpose – Poor medication adherence leads to high hospital admission rate and heavy amount of health-care cost. To cope with this problem, various electronic pillboxes have been proposed to improve the medication adherence rate.
Qiong Wu +3 more
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