Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.
Hosp Top
; 84(4): 3-8, 2006.
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ABSTRACT
Medication errors in hospital settings are considered both widespread and costly to the American healthcare system; yet, it is tractable to available solutions. This article offers a novel prescription for the problem that could be implemented by 2010. It consists of a systems approach--failure mode effects analysis (FMEA)--in combination with emerging technologies, such as a decision support system (DDS) with integrated real-time medical informatics, electronic medical records (EMR), computer physician order entry (CPOE), bar coding, automated dispensing machines (ADM), and robotics. Cost and benefit analysis reveals that this proposed integrated solution will radically reduce medication errors in hospitals and save the lives of thousands of Americans who frequent such facilities on an annual basis, as well as reduce healthcare costs.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Difusão de Inovações
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Erros de Medicação
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Sistemas de Medicação no Hospital
Tipo de estudo:
Sysrev_observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article