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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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Characteristics of Medication Administration Error Alerts in Application of Mobile Medication System

Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing, 2021
Purpose: To assess characteristics the application of mobile medication system and medication administration error (MAE) alerts in a general hospital.Methods: The subject hospital adopted a mobile medication system in 2016. All medication administrations
Suk-Hee Song, Juyoun Back, In-Seon Han, Eun-Hye Kim, Nyeon-Im Byun, Eun-Mi Cho, Taicheng An, Hui-Joeng Hong   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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Medication safety for intensive care patients transferring to a hospital ward: A Hierarchical Task Analysis

Human Factors in Healthcare, 2022
Aims and objectives: To identify the task steps involved in intensive care patients transferring to a hospital ward and their potential for human errors, and to prioritise areas to improve medication safety. Background: Intensive care patients recovering
Richard S Bourne, Denham L Phipps, Jennifer K Jennings, Emma Boxall, Franki Wilson, Helen March, Darren M Ashcroft   +6 more
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Cost saving and safety associated with centralised cytotoxic medicine reconstitution at National Hospital Kandy in 2019

Sri Lanka Journal of Health Research, 2022
Background: Cytotoxic medicines are associated with occupational risks to the operators. Therefore, centralised cytotoxic medicine reconstitution by trained pharmacists was initiated in Sri Lanka in 2009.
Sri Lanka, Wtd Wickramarathna The legendary health system of Sri, BD Kumara Lanka, A. Bandara, Lcpt Liyanaarachchie, PD Koggalage   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preventable in-hospital medical injury under the "no fault" system in New Zealand [PDF]

Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2003
To describe the pattern of preventable in-hospital medical injury under the "no fault" system and to assess the level of serious preventable patient harm.Cross sectional survey using a two stage retrospective assessment of medical records conducted by structured implicit review.General hospitals with over 100 beds providing acute care in New Zealand.A ...
P, Davis, R, Lay-Yee, R, Briant, A, Scott   +3 more
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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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An automated medication system reduces errors in the medication administration process: results from a Danish hospital study [PDF]

European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2015
Improvements in a hospital's medication administration process might reduce the prevalence of medication errors and improve patient safety. The objective of this study was to evaluate the success of an automated medication system in reducing medication administration errors.A controlled before-and-after study with follow-up after 4 months was conducted
Risør, Bettina Wulff, Lisby, Marianne, Sørensen, Jan   +2 more
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Quality of medication use in primary care - mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature [PDF]

, 2009
Background: The UK, USA and the World Health Organization have identified improved patient safety in healthcare as a priority. Medication error has been identified as one of the most frequent forms of medical error and is associated with significant ...
A Hassey, A Manday, AG Zermansky, Alan Willson, B Dean Franklin, B Gethins, BD Franklin, BD Franklin, C Duggan, C Duggan, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, DJ Collins, DM Berwick, Esimai, I Jones, Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Institute of Medicine, J Bicheno, JC Benneyan, JH Hippisley-Cox, K Brookes, K Jordon, L Pickrell, L Smith, Lina Eliasson, M Pirohamed, M Rother, M Sagripanti, MP Tully, MT Taner, N Barber, N Proudlove, N Slack, National Collaborating Centre for Primary Care, National Institute of Clinical Excellence, Nick Barber, P Donyai, Paul Walley, PHG Beardon, R Natarajan, RL Howard, S Ahmed, S Morcos, S Olsen, S Rees, S Royal, S Spear, Sara Garfield, SNH Shah, WMS Al-Shaqha, World Health Organization, YH Jani   +54 more
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