Perioperative medication has made significant contributions to enhancing patient safety.
Nevertheless, administering medication during this period still poses considerable safety …

Background: Medication errors are pervasive. Electronic prescriptions (e-prescriptions)
convey secure and computer-readable prescriptions from clinics to outpatient pharmacies …

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) provides opportunities to identify the health risks of
patients and thus influence patient safety outcomes. Objective: The purpose of this …

Background: Adverse drug events (ADEs) resulting from medication error are some of the
most common causes of iatrogenic injuries in hospitals. With the appropriate use of …

Objectives Medication use in the perioperative setting presents many patient safety
challenges that may be improved with electronic clinical decision support (CDS). The …

Background: The postoperative period is crucial for the initiation of healing and prevention of
complications after any surgical procedure. Due to factors such as poor compliance …

The management of diagnostic uncertainty is part of every primary care physician's role. e–
Safety-netting tools help health care professionals to manage diagnostic uncertainty. Using …

Background MySurgery is a smartphone app designed to empower patients and their
caregivers to contribute toward safer surgical care by following practical advice to help …

Anesthesia is one of the few areas in healthcare with no secondary verification of medication
administration, yet it also has the highest number of administered medications, most of …

Background The rapid uptake of digital technology into the operating room has the potential
to improve patient outcomes, increase efficiency of the use of operating rooms, and allow …