That's nice, but what does IT do? Evaluating the impact of bar coded medication administration by measuring changes in the process of care

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-379

  Holden, Richard J ^a,b   Brown, Roger L ^c   Alper, Samuel J ^d   Scanlon, Matthew C ^e   Patel, Neal R ^f   Karsh, Ben Tzion ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar coded medication administration; Health information technology; Human factors engineering; Patient safety; Process change

Indexed keywords

BAR CODED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN FACTORS MODELS; PAPER MODELS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS CHANGE; PROCESS TRANSFORMATION; TIME EFFICIENCIES; WORK PROCESS; WORK SYSTEM;

HEALTH; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; NURSING; PROCESS CONTROL; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958192125     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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