Hospital pharmacists’, doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of intra- and inter- professional communication in the context of electronic prescribing and medication administration systems: a qualitative study
Abstract:Background Effective, integrated and coordinated communication is essential in providing high quality patient care. There has been limited research detailing the impact of electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) systems on healthcare professionals’ (HCPs’) communication. We aimed to explore hospital pharmacists’, doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of how ePMA systems have affected, or are expected to affect, the way they communicate with each other in an inpatient setting.MethodsThis was a qu… Show more
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