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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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Interventions to Reduce Hospital Length of Stay in High-risk Populations

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question Which hospital-led interventions are associated with reducing length of stay (LOS) for high-risk populations? Findings In this systematic review including 19 systematic reviews, 8 strategies for reducing LOS in high-risk populations ...
S. Siddique, K. Tipton, B. Leas, S. R. Greysen, Nikhil K. Mull, Meghan B. Lane-Fall, Kristina McShea, A. Tsou   +7 more
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Effect of Patient Safety Program for Nurses on Medication Administration [PDF]

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2022
Background: Patients' safety is the main concern of all health-care systems around the world; one of international patient safety goal is medication administration safety aim: determine the effect of patient safety training program for nurses on ...
Israa Abu Hussein, Neamat Elsaied, Sanaa Ghandour   +2 more
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Intervention protocol: OPtimising thERapy to prevent avoidable hospital Admission in the Multi-morbid elderly (OPERAM): a structured medication review with support of a computerised decision support system

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Several approaches to medication optimisation by identifying drug-related problems in older people have been described. Although some interventions have shown reductions in drug-related problems (DRPs), evidence supporting the effectiveness of
E. Crowley, B. T. Sallevelt, C. J. A. Huibers, K. Murphy, M. Spruit, Zhengru Shen, B. Boland, A. Spinewine, O. Dalleur, E. Moutzouri, Axel Löwe, M. Feller, N. Schwab, L. Adam, I. Wilting, W. Knol, N. Rodondi, S. Byrne, D. O'Mahony   +18 more
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Categorizing and understanding medication errors in hospital pharmacy in relation to human factors

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Medication errors (MEs) in hospital settings are attributed to various factors including the human factors. Human factors researches are aiming to implement the knowledge regarding human nature and their interaction with surrounding equipment and ...
Reham Faraj Al-Ahmadi, Lobna A. Aljuffali, Sulafah Al-Shanawani, Sheraz Ali   +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, McKinnon, Karen M., Stanley, Barbara H.   +2 more
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The impacts of government reimbursement negotiation on targeted anticancer medication price, volume and spending in China

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction New targeted therapies have changed cancer treatment in the past decades. However, high prices of targeted anticancer medications have increased economic burden for both patients and health insurance systems.
Yichen Zhang, Haishaerjiang Wushouer, Sheng Han, Meng-Yuan Fu, X. Guan, Lu-Wen Shi, A. Wagner   +6 more
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EVALUATING HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE: MEDICATION PRESCRIBING, TRANSCRIBING, AND ADMINISTRATION IN TABUK REGION, SAUDI ARABIA [PDF]

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut University, 2023
This study aimed to outline the scope of pharmacy practice activities in managing medication use in hospital settings in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. The study used a modified American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) national survey related to
Majed Alenazi, Abdulrahman Asiri, Ali Ghabban, Abdulmohsen Ashamrani, Palanisamy Amirthalingam, Mostafa Ali   +5 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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Long-term use of immunosuppressive medicines and in-hospital COVID-19 outcomes: a retrospective cohort study using data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative

The Lancet Rheumatology, 2021
Background Many individuals take long-term immunosuppressive medications. We evaluated whether these individuals have worse outcomes when hospitalised with COVID-19 compared with non-immunosuppressed individuals.
K. Andersen, B. Bates, Emaan S. Rashidi, A. Olex, R. Mannon, R. Patel, Jasvinder A. Singh, Jing Sun, P. Auwaerter, Derek K. Ng, Jodi B. Segal, B. Garibaldi, H. Mehta, G. Alexander, M. Haendel, C. Chute   +15 more
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