The uptake of technologies designed to influence medication safety in Canadian hospitals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-35

  Saginur, Michael ^a,b   Graham, Ian D ^c   Forster, Alan J ^d,e   Boucher, Michel ^f   Wells, George A ^e,g  

^a Memorial University of Newfoundland ^*  (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medication error; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANADA; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 38349065038     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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