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Article: Wolters Kluwer Health's Drug Dosing Database Licensed for 450+ Hospitals; Database Provides Valuable Patient Safety Protection from Medical Errors.
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- March 6, 2006
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. -- Wolters Kluwer Health (WKHealth), the leading drug and health information provider, today announced that Healthcare Management System, Inc., (HMS) a Nashville-based healthcare company that provides information technology systems to more than 450 community hospitals nationwide, has licensed Medi-Span's Drug Dosing & Administration Database (DDAD)(TM).
An Institute of Medicine study showed that four out of 10 Americans and one-third of practicing physicians have been the victim of medical errors, and a Harvard Medical School study found that 20 percent of medical errors are due to incorrect drug dosing.(1),(2) "Medication dosing is a major ...