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Article: Safeguarding patients against medication errors. (Information Systems & Technology).
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- Nursing Economics
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Executive Summary
* Serious and potential medication errors and adverse drug events can impose significant human and financial cost.
* Using information systems that automatically verify all of the components of a medication administration is a practical way to identify the majority of errors.
MORE THAN 2 YEARS after the first Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, reducing medication errors and enhancing patient safety remain among the most compelling issues in health care. The 1999 IOM report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System elevated the level of urgency needed to focus on how medical errors are killing thousands of people in the ...