Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings

A Ciapponi, SEF Nievas, M Seijo… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Antecedentes Los errores de medicación son sucesos evitables que podrían causar o
conllevar un uso inadecuado de la medicación o un perjuicio al paciente cuando la …

Medication review and reconciliation in older adults

JB Beuscart, S Pelayo, L Robert, S Thevelin… - European geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Older people are frequently exposed to polypharmacy, inappropriate prescribing, and
adverse drug events. Two clinical processes can help geriatricians to optimize and increase …

Agile software development in healthcare: a synthetic scoping review

P Kokol - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Even though software can be found everywhere, software development has encountered
many problems, resulting in the emergence of new alternative development paradigms …

Both new and chronic potentially inappropriate medications continued at hospital discharge are associated with increased risk of adverse events

DL Weir, TC Lee, EG McDonald… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Admission to hospital provides the opportunity to review patient
medications; however, the extent to which the safety of drug regimens changes after …

Effect of an electronic medication reconciliation intervention on adverse drug events: a cluster randomized trial

R Tamblyn, M Abrahamowicz, DL Buckeridge… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Adverse drug events (ADEs) account for up to 16% of emergency department
(ED) visits and 7% of hospital admissions. Medication reconciliation is required for hospital …

A user-centered design and usability testing of a web-based medication reconciliation application integrated in an eHealth network

S Marien, D Legrand, R Ramdoyal, J Nsenga… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Medication discrepancies, which are a threat to patient safety, can be reduced
by medication reconciliation (MedRec). MedRec is a complex process that can be supported …

The impact of community pharmacist involvement on transitions of care: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ME Lussier, HJ Evans, EA Wright… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the impact of community pharmacist involvement on transitions of
care, specifically on 30-day hospital readmissions. Data Sources We searched the following …

Impact of computer‐based and pharmacist‐assisted medication review initiated in the emergency department

YL Liu, LL Chu, HC Su, KT Tsai, PH Kao… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES Whether early medication reconciliation and integration can reduce
polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in the emergency department …

Failure to follow medication changes made at hospital discharge is associated with adverse events in 30 days

DL Weir, A Motulsky, M Abrahamowicz… - Health services …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the hypothesis that nonadherence to medication changes made at
hospital discharge is associated with an increased risk of adverse events in the 30 days …

Optimizing hospital electronic prescribing systems: a systematic scoping review

J Williams, S Malden, C Heeney… - Journal of patient …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective Considerable international investment in hospital electronic prescribing
(ePrescribing) systems has been made, but despite this, it is proving difficult for most …