Safety in healthcare is a relatively recent field, but has received considerable attention over
the past 15 years. Healthcare organisations have been encouraged to learn from safety …

Background Clinical decision support systems (DSS) aimed at supporting diagnosis are not
widely used. This is mainly due to usability issues and lack of integration into clinical work …

The scope of community pharmacy practice has expanded beyond the provision of drug
product to include the provision of patient care services. Likewise, the community …

Over the past decade, the field of healthcare has seen a significant shift in its approach to
patient safety. Traditionally, safety efforts focused on understanding past harm and …

Health information technology (IT) offers exciting opportunities for providing novel services
to patients, and for improving the quality and safety of care. However, the introduction of IT …

Background Rising demand for healthcare continues to impact all sectors of the health
service. As a result of the growing ageing population and the burden of chronic disease …

Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are developed independently or connected to the
electronic health record (EHR) or other computerized systems. The study begins with …

Background Medicines are central to healthcare in aging populations with chronic multi-
morbidity. Their safe and effective use relies on a large and constantly increasing …

Different studies demonstrate that errors and incidents emerge in the healthcare (hospital)
system mainly during the diagnosis of diseases, prescription of medications, anesthesiology …

Objective Variable rate intravenous insulin infusions (VRIII) is a high-risk medication that has
a potential to cause significant patient harm if used in error. Complex preparation of VRIII in …