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Applying Quality Improvement methods to address gaps in medicines reconciliation at transfers of care from an acute UK hospital [PDF]

, 2016
© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited.Objectives Reliable reconciliation of medicines at admission and discharge from hospital is key to reducing unintentional prescribing discrepancies at transitions of healthcare.
Bell, D, Kuo, S, Marvin, V, Poots, A, Vaughan, L, Woodcock, T   +5 more
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One-Stop Dispensing: Hospital Costs and Patient Perspectives on Self-Management of Medication

Pharmacy, 2018
(1) Objective: To assess hospital medication costs and staff time between One-Stop Dispensing (OSD) and the Traditional Medication System (TMS), and to evaluate patient perspectives on OSD.
Morten Baltzer Houlind, Helle Bach Ølgaard McNulty, Charlotte Treldal, Signe Lindgaard Andersen, Thomas Huneck Haupt, Janne Petersen, Ove Andersen, Lene Juel Kjeldsen   +7 more
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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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Strategies to reduce medication errors with reference to older adults [PDF]

, 2006
Background  In Australia, around 59% of the general population uses prescription medication with this number increasing to about 86% in those aged 65 and over and 83% of the population over 85 using two or more medications simultaneously. A recent report
Adams C, Aufseeser Weiss MR, Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care., Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)., Australian Institute of Health and Welfare., Ayuthya S, Bates DW, Bayne T, Bolton P, Boyle CM, Brent Hodgkinson, Briggs B, Brown HN, Brown SJ, Burton ME, Casner PR, Cerne F, Hawkey CJ, Heinemann D, Hurley SF, Khan KS, Kim Nichols, Kruse H, Larrabee JH, Leape LL, Lengacher CA, Ludwig Beymer P, McNally KM, Mungall DR, Mutter M, Nelson R, NHMRC., Overhage JM, Papastrat K, Pape TM, Ray MD, Rhonda Nay, Roark DC, Roughead EE, Schaubhut RM, Shah NR, Shojania KG, Spencer DC, Strohecker S, Susan Koch, Westwood M, White RH   +46 more
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The implementation of a Technician Enhanced Administration of Medications [TEAM] model: An evaluative study of impact on working practices in a children's hospital [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Children are frequently prescribed unlicensed and off-label medicines meaning dosing and administration of medicines to children is often based on poor quality guidance.
Bellis, Jennifer, Bracken, Louise, COPE, LOUISE, KAEHNE, AXEL, Peak, Matthew, Silverio, Sergio   +5 more
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Primary care medication safety surveillance with integrated primary and secondary care electronic health records: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The extent of preventable medication-related hospital admissions and medication-related issues in primary care is significant enough to justify developing decision support systems for medication safety surveillance.
AG Winterstein, AJ Avery, AJ Avery, Anthony Avery, Artur Akbarov, B Guthrie, CJ Morris, Darren M. Ashcroft, E Kontopantelis, Evangelos Kontopantelis, H Akaike, H Wickham, HM Holmes, I Schubert, Iain Buchan, J Penge, KC Nanji, Matthew Sperrin, MH Beers, MN O’Connor, NS Wenger, P Gallagher, P Gallagher, R Galvin, R Spencer, Richard Williams, RL Howard, S Nakagawa, Sarah Rodgers, Susan J. Stocks   +29 more
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Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 more
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Redesigning the Patient Experience to Reduce 30 Day Hospital Readmission [PDF]

, 2018
INTRODUCTION The cost of medical care is spiraling out of control, and one of the many reasons is lack of preventative care, poor communication to the patient and primary caregiver(s) both in an inpatient and outpatient setting.
DePrince, RN, BA, CCRN, SCRN, Maureen, Flounders, MBA, William, Gates, MBA, Justin, Heffner, MBA, Steven, Lawler, BS, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, MBA, Michael, Pardini, MBA, Julia, Rosenwasser, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, Robert H.   +6 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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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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