Background Underlying systems factors have been seen to be crucial contributors to the
occurrence of medication errors. By understanding the causes of these errors, the most …

Background There is considerable international interest in exploiting the potential of digital
solutions to enhance the quality and safety of health care. Implementations of transformative …

Abstract Background The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
(HITECH) Act subsidizes implementation by hospitals of electronic health records with …

The global population of multimorbid older people is growing steadily. Multimorbidity is the
principal cause of complex polypharmacy, which in turn is the prime risk factor for …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review empirical evidence on the prevalence and nature of
medication administration errors (MAEs) in health care settings. DATA SOURCES: Ten …

Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of commercial
computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) …

Background The electronic medical record (EMR)/electronic health record (EHR) is
becoming an integral component of many primary-care outpatient practices. Before …

Introduction It has been suggested that doctors in their first year of post-graduate training
make a disproportionate number of prescribing errors. Objective This study aimed to …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Medication errors cause appreciable morbidity and
mortality in children. The objective was to determine the effectiveness of interventions to …

Background Computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems are
electronic prescribing strategies that are increasingly used to improve patient safety …