2020
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721424
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Impact of Computerized Prescription on Medication Errors and Workflow Efficiency in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Quasi-Experimental Three-Phase Study

Abstract: Background Neonates are highly vulnerable to preventable medication errors due to their extensive exposure to medications in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). These errors, which can be made by medical, nursing, or pharmacy personnel, are costly and can be life-threatening. This study aimed to investigate the newly developed computerized neonatal pharmaceutical health care system (NPHCS) in terms of its ability to (1) minimize neonatal medication prescription errors (NMPEs) and (2) improve workflow ef… Show more

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“…9 E-prescribing, a critical component of the health information technology infrastructure, holds the potential to enhance the safety, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. 5,[29][30][31][32][33][34] However, this system may sometimes contain ambiguous or incomplete information that does not align with the data received from the pharmacy. Such discrepancies can impede accurate and efficient processing and distribution at receiving pharmacies.…”
Section: Background and Significancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…9 E-prescribing, a critical component of the health information technology infrastructure, holds the potential to enhance the safety, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of patient care. 5,[29][30][31][32][33][34] However, this system may sometimes contain ambiguous or incomplete information that does not align with the data received from the pharmacy. Such discrepancies can impede accurate and efficient processing and distribution at receiving pharmacies.…”
Section: Background and Significancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…La prescripción electrónica reduce significativamente el tiempo requerido para el cálculo de la dosis, la generación de prescripciones y la documentación electrónica de los registros médicos, en comparación con el enfoque tradicional escrito a mano. Daher et al (28), encontraron que un sistema de prescripción electrónica mejoró significativamente la eficacia del flujo de trabajo. Los errores identificados fueron significativamente más comunes en la prescripción manual que en la prescripción informatizada (158,8 frente a 55 por 100 medicamentos).…”
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“…Los errores identificados fueron significativamente más comunes en la prescripción manual que en la prescripción informatizada (158,8 frente a 55 por 100 medicamentos). Estos errores se distribuyeron por categorías como identidad del paciente, peso y edad, así como las especificación de dosis, unidades, intervalo y diagnóstico (28). Las estadísticas judiciales de España y de Estados Unidos mostraron que los errores médicos (EM) estuvieron involucrados en el 25,9% de los veredictos judiciales (29,30).…”
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