May 29 (UPI) --Hospital electronic health records systems miss up to one-third of dangerous drug interactions and other errors in medication administration, according to a study published Friday by ...

Electronic medical records (EMRs) can play an important role in the reduction of medication errors, but they should not be considered the be-all, end-all solution. Healthcare organizations, in fact, ...

Chemotherapy administration is a highly complex and distributed task in both the inpatient and outpatient infusion center settings. The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Oncology Nursing ...

The systems, in which nurses use an electronic scanner to sync packaged drugs with patient and electronic medication administration records, are designed to put more safeguards around medication ...

Children are at risk of serious medication errors from electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) systems, despite the belief that they are safer than traditional prescribing practices ...

The last 5 years have seen a rapid rise in the use of electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems across NHS trusts. But how safe are they? Priscilla Lynch reports. Electronic ...

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan is starting a pilot to promote the adoption of electronic medication notebook applications in pharmacies across the country. The project will ...

Journal of Patient Safety, Vol. 6, No. 4 (December 2010), pp. 238-243 (6 pages) Objectives: Electronic health record (EHR) systems offer promising tools to assist clinicians and staff with improving ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — Glaucoma patients tend to overestimate their level of adherence to medical therapy, according to a ...

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a physician-led point of care medication delivery system (POCMDS) on adherence to glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol-lowering medications. Study Design: ...