PURPOSE The feasibility of implementing an electronic system for targeted pharmacist- and nurse-conducted admission and discharge medication reconciliation and its effects on patient safety, cost, and satisfaction among providers and nurses were studied. METHODS This study was conducted in two phases: a preimplementation phase and a postimplementation phase. In the preimplementation phase, ad...

Today, in the health care profession, all types of medication errors including missed dose, wrong dosage forms, wrong time interval, wrong route, etc., are a big deal for better patient care. Today, problems related to medications are common in the healthcare profession, and are responsible for significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Several recent studies have demonstrated that patients fr...

OBJECTIVES To describe ambulatory care clinicians' perspectives on the effect of e-prescribing systems on patient safety outcomes. STUDY DESIGN We used a mixed-method study of clinicians and staff in 64 practices using one of six e-prescribing technologies in six U.S. states. METHODS We used clinician surveys (web-based and paper) and focus groups to obtain clinicians' perspectives on e-pre...

Objectives: The aim of this research has been to evaluate: (a) the frequency of the use of non-standard terms in medical prescriptions; (b) the proportion of “new drugs of irrelevant therapeutic value” or medication of low therapeutic utility (LTU); and (c) the use of Generic Pharmaceutical Specialties (GPS). Materials and methods: Descriptive transversal observational study with analytical com...

BACKGROUND Medication regimes are often poorly adhered to, and the negative consequences of this are well recognised. The dynamics underlying non-adherence are less understood. This paper examines adherence to prescription medications for mental health difficulties in relation to the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs). This was based on suggestions that within medical plurali...

Introduction: In hospitals, an optimum drug dispensing (DD) is involved in the quality of health services and the prevention of medication errors. This study aims to describe the features of hospital DD in Cote d’Ivoire in order to suggest improvements. Methodology: The site visit (risk management method) was conducted at hospital pharmacies (HP) of the three teaching hospitals in Abidjan. A se...