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Integrating medical images into hospital information systems [PDF]
Journal of Digital Imaging, 1991 The effective delivery of health care has become increasingly dependent on a wide range of medical data that includes a variety of images. Manual and computer-based medical records ordinarily do not contain image data, leaving the physician to deal with a fragmented patient record widely scattered throughout the hospital.
Peter M. Kuzmak +3 more
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Outcome of involuntary medication in a state hospital system
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1991 Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the course of involuntarily administered medication in a state hospital population. Method: The authors retrospectively examined the records of all 51 involuntarily medicated patients in six state hospitals in New York City in a single calendar year.
Cournos, Francine +2 more
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Systemic Causes of In-Hospital Intravenous Medication Errors: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Journal of Patient Safety, 2021 Objectives Delivery of intravenous medications in hospitals is a complex process posing to systemic risks for errors. The aim of this study was to identify systemic causes of in-hospital intravenous medication errors. Methods A systematic review adhering to PRISMA guidelines was ...
Kuitunen, Sini Karoliina +3 more
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ABC of Medical Computing: HOSPITAL BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMS [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 A computer's usefulness is greatly enhanced if it is connected to others in a network, as this allows information and resources to be shared by all. A network can be anything from a simple link between two computers in an office to a complex installation joining thousands of computers at many sites around the world. In a hospital two types of networks
Andrew Millman, Nicholas Lee
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Systems for Monitoring Hands Hygiene of Medical Staff in Hospitals [PDF]
2020 International Conference on e-Health and Bioengineering (EHB), 2020 One of the most worrying issues that clouds the activity in Romanian hospitals and around the world is the occurrence of nosocomial infections, in many cases due to the improper hygiene of the medical staff’s hands. Also in the new context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue of hospitals hygiene takes new dimensions.
Repanovici, A. +4 more
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, 2022 Background: Several systems with improved decision-making, communication, and data management were deployed across various healthcare institutions in the previous time for the improvement in communication technologies, the field of interoperability, and health data sharing.
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Hospital medication errors in a pharmacovigilance system in Colombia.
Farmacia hospitalaria : organo oficial de expresion cientifica de la Sociedad Espanola de Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2015 this study analyzes the medication errors reported to a pharmacovigilance system by 26 hospitals for patients in the healthcare system of Colombia.this retrospective study analyzed the medication errors reported to a systematized database between 1 January 2008 and 12 September 2013. The medication is dispensed by the company Audifarma S.A.
Machado Alba, Jorge Enrique +2 more
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A national survey of inpatient medication systems in English NHS hospitals [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2014 Systems and processes for prescribing, supplying and administering inpatient medications can have substantial impact on medication administration errors (MAEs). However, little is known about the medication systems and processes currently used within the English National Health Service (NHS).
McLeod, M +3 more
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MEDICATION ERRORS AND DRUG-DISPENSING SYSTEMS IN A HOSPITAL PHARMACY [PDF]
Clinics, 2005 Pharmacies permeate and interconnect various actions developed in different sectors within the complex process of the use of drugs in a hospital. Dispensing failures mean that a breach has occurred in one of the last safety links in the use of drugs.
Anacleto, Tânia Azevedo +3 more
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Market Concentration of the Brazilian Hospital Medical Supplementary Health System.
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Abstract Background The Brazilian supplementary health market has undergone transformations in recent years due to constant mergers and acquisitions of by large corporations, contributing to the increase in market concentration, especially in the poorest and least developed regions of the country.
June Alisson Westarb Cruz +4 more
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