Medication errors: prevention using information technology systems

Using Information Technology to Reduce Pediatric Medication Errors

• Objective: To describe efforts in medication error prevention and reduction at an academic children’s

Application of Information Technology: Detection and Prevention of Medication Errors Using Real-Time Bedside Nurse Charting

OBJECTIVE Charting systems with decision support have been developed to assist with medication charting, but many of the features of these programs are not properly used in their clinical application. An analysis of medication error reports at LDS Hospital revealed the occurrence of errors that should have been detected and prevented by decision support features if real-time entry at the bedsid...

Information technology for detecting medication errors and adverse drug events.

It is estimated that over three-quarters of a million people are injured or die in hospitals each year from adverse drug events (ADEs). The majority of medical errors result from poorly designed healthcare systems rather than from negligence on the part of healthcare providers. In general, healthcare systems rely on voluntary reporting, which seriously underestimates the number of medication er...

Deploying information technology and continuous control monitoring systems in hospitals to prevent medication errors.

The serious repercussions of healthcare errors on patient safety have led hospitals to deploy information technology and continuous control monitoring systems to prevent them. Hospitals are moving away from traditional paper-based systems and focusing on designing new systems that prevent errors, using information technologies to catalyse the process re-engineering. This paper presents a case s...

Bates medication errors in hospitals Using information technology to reduce rates