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Discrepancies and Quality of Medication Allergy Documentation Between Primary Care and Hospital Information Systems: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background and Objective: Accurate medication allergy documentation is essential for patient safety. This study evaluated discrepancies and documentation quality between medication allergy records in the primary care information system (AP-Madrid) and ...
Mohamad Bakor, Elena Ramírez
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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 ...
Tânia Azevedo Anacleto, E. Perini, M. B. Rosa, C. Cesar   +3 more
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Preventing the medication errors in hospitals: A qualitative study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2020
Background and purpose: Administering drugs is one of the primary nursing acts in hospital wards and medication errors are one of the worst errors among nurses leading to unpleasant results for patients. Thus, this study aimed to identify ways to prevent
Alireza Salar, Fatemeh Kiani, Nasrin Rezaee   +2 more
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Implementing a New Electronic Health Record System in a University Hospital: The Effect on Reported Medication Errors

Healthcare, 2022
Closed-loop electronic medication management systems (EMMS) have been seen as a potential technology to prevent medication errors (MEs), although the research on them is still limited.
C. Linden-Lahti, S. Kivivuori, Lasse Lehtonen, L. Schepel   +3 more
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Inpatient pharmacists using a readmission risk model in supporting discharge medication reconciliation to reduce unplanned hospital readmissions: a quality improvement intervention

BMJ Open Quality, 2022
Introduction Reducing unplanned hospital readmissions is an important priority for all hospitals and health systems. Hospital discharge can be complicated by discrepancies in the medication reconciliation and/or prescribing processes. Clinical pharmacist
David M. Gallagher, M. Greenland, Desirae E. Lindquist, Lisa Sadolf, C. Scully, Kristian Knutsen, Cong-Wen Zhao, B. Goldstein, Lindsey D. Burgess   +8 more
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Barcode medication administration technology use in hospital practice: a mixed-methods observational study of policy deviations

BMJ Quality & Safety, 2021
Introduction Barcode medication administration (BCMA) can, if poorly implemented, cause disrupted workflow, increased workload and cause medication errors. Further exploration is needed of the causes of BCMA policy deviations.
A. Mulac, L. Mathiesen, K. Taxis, Anne Gerd Granås   +3 more
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Reducing pharmacy medication errors using Lean Six Sigma: A Thai hospital case study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 2021
Hospital medication errors are costly and contribute to patient mortality, morbidity, and decreased health care quality. Errors result from poor systems design more commonly than from healthcare staff performance.
Yaifa Trakulsunti, J. Antony, Rick L. Edgeman, Beth Cudney, M. Dempsey, Atrracta Brennan   +5 more
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How effective are electronic medication systems in reducing medication error rates and associated harm among hospital inpatients? A systematic review and meta-analysis

J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., 2020
Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess: 1) changes in medication error rates and associated patient harm following electronic medication system (EMS) implementation; and 2) evidence of system-related medication errors ...
Peter J. Gates, Rae-Anne Hardie, M. Raban, Ling Li, J. Westbrook   +4 more
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Observational study on medication administration errors at a University Hospital in Brazil: incidence, nature and associated factors

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2022
Background Medication administration errors are frequent and cause significant harm globally. However, only a few data are available on their prevalence, nature, and severity in developing countries, particularly in Brazil.
Lindemberg Assunção-Costa, Ivellise Costa de Sousa, Renata Kelly Rodrigues Silva, Ana Carla do Vale, Charleston Ribeiro Pinto, Juliana Ferreira Fernandes Machado, Cleidenete Gomes Valli, Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza   +7 more
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RFID Medication Management System in Hospitals

International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 2020
One of the primary concerns of the World Health Organization is the improvement of medical care by reducing adverse events in the medication process and enhancing the safety of patients. These issues are mainly related to the management of expensive and high-risk medicines in hospitals. In this paper, we enhanced medication management by minimizing the
Safae El Abkari, Abdelilah Jilbab, Jamal El Mhamdi   +2 more
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