Purpose Medication error is a significant source of morbidity and mortality among patients.
Clinical and cost‐effectiveness evidence are required for the implementation of quality of …

Objective Multiplicity in terminology has been suggested as a possible explanation for the
variation in the prevalence of medication errors. So far, few empirical studies have …

Background Medication errors harm hospitalised patients and increase health care costs.
Electronic Medication Management Systems (EMMS) have been shown to reduce …

Background A significant financial burden arises from medication errors that cause direct
injury and those without patient harm that represent waste and inefficiency. Objective To …

Rationale Medication errors can lead to preventable adverse drug events (pADEs) that have
significant cost and health implications. Errors often occur at care interfaces, and various …

Purpose There is a lack of homogeneity in the terminology used in the context of patient
safety related to medication. The aim of this review was to identify the terms and definitions …

The economic crisis in Greece poses the necessity to resolve problems concerning both the
spiralling cost and the quality assurance in the health system. The detection and the …

Background: Patients admitted to internal medicine services receive multiple drugs and thus
are at risk of medication errors. Aim: To determine the frequency of medication errors (ME) …

Introduction: Partnered pharmacist medication charting (PPMC), a process redesign
hypothesised to improve medication safety and interdisciplinary collaboration, was trialed in …

Fundamentos: En un contexto de dificultades presupuestarias, la cuantificación de los
costes de la no seguridad constituye un instrumento adicional que puede ayudar en la …