Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess: 1) changes in
medication error rates and associated patient harm following electronic medication system …

Background Double checking medication administration in hospitals is often standard
practice, particularly for high-risk drugs, yet its effectiveness in reducing medication …

This book is the 3rd volume in the Resilient Health Care series. Resilient health care is a
product of both the policy and managerial efforts to organize, fund and improve services …

Patients are continually being put at risk of harm, and health care organisations are
struggling to learn effectively from past experiences in order to improve the safe delivery and …

Abstract Following the Public Enquiry into avoidable deaths and poor standards of care at
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the English National Health Service (NHS) is …

Abstract Background Medication errors (MEs) are among the most common types of
incidents reported in Australian and international hospitals. There is no uniform method of …

The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and
safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal …

Introduction The risk of medication errors is high in paediatric inpatient settings. However,
estimates of the prevalence of medication errors have not accounted for heterogeneity …

Objectives The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between measured
teamwork and adverse safety events in the prehospital emergency care of children using …

Digital transformation in healthcare improves the safety of health systems. Within our health
service, a new digital hospital has been established and two wards from a neighbouring …