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Advanced Medication Alert System Decreased Hospital-Based Outpatient Duplicated Medications: A Longitudinal Hospital Cohort Study

Journal of Patient Safety, 2021
Objectives This study aimed to examine the associations between adoption of an advanced medication alert system and decreases in hospital-based outpatient duplicated medication rates in Taiwan. Methods The unit of analysis was the hospital.
Yu-Chun, Kuo   +2 more
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A hospital medication monitoring system

Journal of Medical Systems, 1979
Hospitals need to process large quantities of scattered information to properly screen medication orders. The data includes complex relationships involving drugs, diseases, and other drugs that determine whether a particular drug is contraindicated for a patient.
D J, Brown   +3 more
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A Highly Automated Hospital Medication System

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1975
Since 1969, medications have been provided to patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital using a computer system that controls the entire medication process from entry of physician's order to hourly drug distribution. Special envelopes containing patient and dosage information are computer generated for each dose to be administered.
D W, Simborg, H J, Derewicz
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Central nervous system medication use around hospitalization

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Abstract Background Central nervous system (CNS) medication use is common among older adults, yet the impact of hospitalizations on use remains unclear. This study details CNS medication use, discontinuations, and user profiles during hospitalization periods.
Juliessa M. Pavon   +6 more
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Antipsychotic medication coprescribing in a large state hospital system

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2002
AbstractPurposeTo systematically characterize antipsychotic medication coprescribing (‘polypharmacy’) in a large state hospital system.MethodsAll antipsychotic prescriptions written for all adult in‐patients (N=8212) in New York state‐run civil facilities for the year 1999 were identified using the Integrated Research Database (IRDB) created by the ...
Ari B, Jaffe, Jerome, Levine
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Automated medication-dispensing system in two hospital emergency departments

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2005
Emergency departments (EDs) have often dealt with medication dispensing creatively, especially after regular business hours, when hospital pharmacy departments may be closed. Some have opted for keeping stocks of commonly prescribed medications in prelabeled “starter” containers.
Jenny O, Gordon   +2 more
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The Medical Emergency Team system: A two hospital comparison

Resuscitation, 2008
To compare activity and outcomes of a mature Medical Emergency Team (MET) in two hospitals. SETTING AND POPULATIONS: A Tertiary Referral Hospital (TRH) and a Metropolitan General Hospital (MGH) who combined have approximately 82,000 admissions annually with 38,000 patients meeting the eligibility criteria.
Lis, Young   +3 more
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Survey of hospital systems and common serious medication errors

Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, 1998
AbstractThe Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, undertook a hospital survey of medical‐surgical hospitals to determine systems‐oriented factors that allow the highest level of medication safety.
M R, Cohen, S M, Proulx, S Y, Crawford
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