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Patient-centric implementation of an electronic medication management system at a tertiary hospital in Western Sydney

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2018
Background: Traditional implementations of electronic medication management (EMM) systems have involved two common formats – a ‘big bang’ approach on the day of go-live, or a phased ward-by-ward approach over months.
Naren Gunja, Ian Dunlop, Milan Vaghasiya, Kevin Kuan, Simon Poon   +4 more
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Concomitant prescribing and dispensing errors at a Brazilian hospital: a descriptive study

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and types of prescribing and dispensing errors occurring with high-alert medications and to propose preventive measures to avoid errors with these medications.
Maria das Dores Graciano Silva, Mário Borges Rosa, Bryony Dean Franklin, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Leni Márcia Anchieta, Joaquim Antônio César Mota   +5 more
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A Tool for Evaluating Medication Alerting Systems: Development and Initial Assessment

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021
BackgroundIt is well known that recommendations from electronic medication alerts are seldom accepted or acted on by users. Key factors affecting the effectiveness of medication alerts include system usability and alert design ...
Wu Yi Zheng, Bethany Van Dort, Romaric Marcilly, Richard Day, Rosemary Burke, Sepehr Shakib, Young Ku, Hannah Reid-Anderson, Melissa Baysari   +8 more
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The impact of transition to a digital hospital on medication errors (TIME study)

npj Digital Medicine, 2023
Digital transformation in healthcare improves the safety of health systems. Within our health service, a new digital hospital has been established and two wards from a neighbouring paper-based hospital transitioned into the new digital hospital.
Teyl Engstrom, Elizabeth McCourt, Martin Canning, Katharine Dekker, Panteha Voussoughi, Oliver Bennett, Angela North, Jason D. Pole, Peter J. Donovan, Clair Sullivan   +9 more
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Nurses’ perceptions of medication administration safety in public hospitals in the Gauteng Province: A mixed method study

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2022
Background: Limited data on factors perceived to impact on medication administration errors and possible solutions to such errors in low- and middle-income settings like South Africa is available. Methods: A mixed-methods research design was used.
Alwiena J. Blignaut, Siedine K. Coetzee, Hester C. Klopper, Suria M. Ellis   +3 more
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Medication Safety: Experiential Learning for Pharmacy Students and Staff in a Hospital Setting

Pharmacy, 2016
Medication Safety has been an established pharmacy specialty in Australian hospitals since the early 2000s and is now one of the ten Australian hospital accreditation standards.
Linda V. Graudins, Michael J. Dooley
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Understanding medication safety involving patient transfer from intensive care to hospital ward: a qualitative sociotechnical factor study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To understand the sociotechnical factors affecting medication safety when intensive care patients are transferred to a hospital ward.
Darren M Ashcroft, Denham L Phipps, Mark Jeffries, Richard S Bourne, Jennifer K Jennings, Franki Wilson, Emma Boxall, Helen March   +7 more
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USE OF SAFETY BARRIERS IN THE PREPARATION OF VASOACTIVE DRUGS AND SEDATIVES/ANALGESICS IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to analyze the use of safety barriers in the preparation of vasoactive drugs and sedatives/analgesics. Method: quantitative study, with 204 observations during the preparation of medications in a Pediatric ...
Carla Susana Martinez Julca, Patrícia Kuerten Rocha, Andreia Tomazoni, Bruna Figueiredo Manzo, Sabrina de Souza, Jane Cristina Anders   +5 more
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Improving pediatric liquid medication labeling of the hospital information system in Malaysia: qualitative analysis of pharmacists’ perceptions

Pharmacy Practice, 2016
Background: Inadequacies of drug labeling have been frequently reported among Malaysian healthcare institutes, in which the Hospital Information System (HIS) is used.
Chan HK, Hassali MA, Lim CJ, Saleem F, Ghani NA   +4 more
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Análisis bibliométrico de los sistemas de medicación hospitalarios

Ars Pharmaceutica
Resumen Objetivo: Análisis bibliométrico de la producción científica sobre los sistemas de medicación hospitalaria en bases de datos internacionales. Método: Estudio descriptivo transversal. Los datos se obtuvieron de las bases de datos MEDLINE (PubMed)
Benjamín Palomo-Llinares, Ruben Palomo-Llinares, Javier Sanz-Valero   +2 more
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