Background Medication errors (MEs) pose risks to patient safety, resulting in substantial
economic costs. To enhance patient safety and learning from incidents, health care and …

While working in healthcare has always carried an inherent amount of danger, I can tell you
with certainty that the last time I was a staff nurse (in the spirit of transparency—it's been a …

Objective Implement the 5-type health information technology (HIT) patient safety concern
classification system for HIT patient safety issues reported to the Veterans Health …

Objective Electronic medication management (EMM) systems have been shown to introduce
new patient safety risks that were not possible, or unlikely to occur, with the use of paper …

# Background When placing orders into the electronic health record (EHR), prescribers often
use free-text information to complement the order. However, the use of these free-text fields …

Hospitals have more incentives than ever to make nurse-facing technologies usable.
However, the complexities of the nursing workflow are not supported by health information …

Abstract In the United States (US), approximately 1.5 million patients are impacted by
medication errors every year. The role of technology in medication errors is often not …

This project evaluates and examines the usability and fit between people, tasks and
technology of the electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system …

Introduction: Most hospitals around the United States utilize barcode medication
administration technology to reduce medication errors. Barcode medication administration …

Hensikt: Formålet med denne studien var å se nærmere på intensivsykepleiernes
opplevelse av innføringen av elektronisk kurve på postoperativ avdeling. Dette ved å …