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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedSmith KJ, Handler SM, Kapoor WN
Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
This study examines a health care system’s implementation of a broader set of automated primary care physician communication tools, including computerized medication reconciliation, and its impact on discharge medication errors. It found that implementation of automated health system–based tools, including computerized discharge medication reconciliation, decreased hospital discharge medication errors in medically complex patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS018151.
Citation: Smith KJ, Handler SM, Kapoor WN .
Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
Am J Med Qual 2016 Jul;31(4):315-22. doi: 10.1177/1062860615574327..
Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Communication, Medication, Medical Errors, Hospital Discharge
Zhong W, Feinstein JA, Patel NS
Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis of 42 children's hospitals in the USA over 9 years.
This paper evaluated rates of potential look-alike sound-alike (LA-SA) drug errors in the drug management process through to the point of dispensing before and after implementation of Tall Man lettering in 2007. The authors found no statistically significant change in error rate for each of the 11 drug pairs studied. Also, no downward trend in potential LA-SA drug error rates was evident over any time period 2004 onwards. They concluded that implementation of Tall Man lettering was not associated with a reduction in the potential LA-SA error rate.
AHRQ-funded; HS018425.
Citation: Zhong W, Feinstein JA, Patel NS .
Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis of 42 children's hospitals in the USA over 9 years.
BMJ Qual Saf 2016 Apr;25(4):233-40. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004562.
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Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Medication, Medication: Safety, Medical Errors, Patient Safety