Association between workarounds and medication administration errors in bar-code-assisted medication administration in hospitals

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 385-392

  Van Der Veen, Willem ^a   Van Den Bemt, Patricia M L A ^b   Wouters, Hans ^a   Bates, David W ^c   Twisk, Jos W R ^d   De Gier, Johan J ^a   Taxis, Katja ^a   Duyvendak, Michiel ^e   Luttikhuis, Karen Oude ^f   Ros, Johannes J W ^g   Vasbinder, Erwin C ^h   Atrafi, Maryam ⁱ   Brasse, Bjorn ^j   Mangelaars, Iris ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Hospital Pharmacist   (Netherlands)

^f Goorse Apotheek   (Netherlands)

^g GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^h GROENE HART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

BCMA; medication administration errors; quality of care; safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARCODE ASSISTED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CODING; DOSE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL WARD; WORKAROUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85055858520     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocx077     Document Type: Article

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