Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-96

  Skibinski, Kathleen A ^a   White, Barbara A ^b   Lin, Lawrence I Kuei ^c,d   Dong, Yuping ^e   Wu, Wenting ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Eclipsys Corporation   (United States)

^c BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UI Health   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Computers; Dispensing; Drug administration; Drug use; Errors, medication; Identification; Inventory; Manpower; Patients; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Quality assurance; Technology; Time studies; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DRUG MONITORING; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTERED NURSE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947123087     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060060     Document Type: Article

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