Medication and Human Errors in Emergency Medicine

Medication Errors in an Emergency Department in a Large Teaching Hospital in Tehran

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

Medication Errors in an Emergency Department in a Large Teaching Hospital in Tehran

Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. We assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in Tehran. We also investigated the effect of Emergency Department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful m...

Telemedicine consultations and medication errors in rural emergency departments.

OBJECTIVE To compare the frequency of physician-related medication errors among seriously ill and injured children receiving telemedicine consultations, similar children receiving telephone consultations, and similar children receiving no consultations in rural emergency departments (EDs). METHODS We conducted retrospective chart reviews on seriously ill and injured children presenting to 8 r...

Telemedicine Consultations and Medication Errors in Rural Emergency Departments

OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency of physician-related medication errors among seriously ill and injured children receiving telemedicine consultations, similar children receiving telephone consultations, and similar children receiving no consultations in rural emergency departments (EDs). METHODS: We conducted retrospective chart reviews on seriously ill and injured children presenting to 8 r...

Medication errors: the human factor.