Methemoglobinemia is an uncommon but potentially fatal disorder. Most cases have no adverse clinical consequence and require no treatment, but methemoglobinemia is often overlooked as a cause of low oxygen saturation, and often mistaken for the more common causes of hypoxia by anesthesiologists despite simple bedside tests that indicate the presence of this treatable abnormality. We present a 6...

Medication errors are one of the important factors that increase fatal injuries to the patients and burden significant economic costs to the health care. An appropriate medical history could reduce errors related to omission of the previous drugs at the time of hospitalization. The aim of this study, as first one in Iran, was evaluating the discrepancies between medication histories obtained by...

context medication non-adherence is a commonly observed problem in the self-administration of treatment, regardless of the disease type. text messaging reminders, as electronic reminders, provide an opportunity to improve medication adherence. in this study, we aimed to provide evidence addressing the question of whether text message reminders were effective in improving patients’ adherence to ...

introduction: paper-based prescription orders, commonly having numerous medication errors, can increase adverse drug events (ades) and threaten the patient’s safety. computerized physician order entry (cpoe), as an appropriate alternative, can significantly reduce medication errors. this study aimed to investigate the effects of well-designed cpoe in reducing medication errors and ades. method:...

abstract objective: there is some evidence that causal beliefs are related with adherence behaviors. the aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between illness causal beliefs, demographic factors and medication adherence among a group of patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: ninety-three patients with type 2 diabetes participated in this study using convenience...

Background: Medication management is a complex process with multiple stages that involves different health care teams. Based on the evidence, an electronic medication management system offers significant benefits, such as reduced medication errors, improved conformity, enhanced time and cost efficiency, and increased patient safety. This study aimed to design and implement an electronic medicat...