The electronic medication reconciliation documentation process developed and implemented at our institution could be adapted and implemented in other facilities. Requirements for successful ...

Using an electronic medication checklist to gain patient medication histories significantly reduces errors compared with a paper-based checklist, a recent study found. The study, conducted last year ...

Counties Manukau Health/District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand has gone live with electronic medication management in its emergency department, aged care facilities and medical wards. CM Health ...

June 10, 2011 (Dallas, Texas) — Hospitalized patients who are receiving high-risk medications such as warfarin, analgesics, benzodiazepines, corticosteroids, or anti-infectives are more prone to ...

A recent study out of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has shown that using bar code technology, in conjunction with electronic medication administration record (eMAR), substantially reduces ...

While electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce medication errors and improve prescribing safety, it is vulnerable to error-prone processes. We review six intersecting areas in which changes to ...

After years of reading study after study, virtually everyone knows that exercise is essential to good health. However, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

Hospitals that deploy bar-coding technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) may prevent an estimated 90,000 medication errors per year, according to Dr. Eric G. Poon, ...

Implementing electronic prescribing and medication administration systems in hospitals could increase overall medication risk, according to a study published in BMC Health Services Research.

Both potential benefits and unexpected consequences were found as a result of the rollout of electronic prescribing. Patient interviews and follow-up phone calls were done (1) before e-prescribing, (2 ...