Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1698-1707

  Poon, Eric G ^a,b,c   Keohane, Carol A ^a   Yoon, Catherine S ^a   Ditmore, Matthew ^a   Bane, Anne ^a   Levtzion Korach, Osnat ^a   Moniz, Thomas ^a   Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Kachalia, Allen B ^a   Hayes, Judy ^a,d   Churchill, William W ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a   Whittemore, Anthony D ^a,b   Bates, David W ^a,b,c   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Partners Information Systems   (United States)

^d Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951787048     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa0907115     Document Type: Article

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