Abstract:Computer-based pharmacy (PHARM) systems have notably improved the quality and safety of medical care. By the 1980s automated ward-based medication cabinets were available to support drug administration and pharmacy management, overcoming problems encountered when drugs were stocked in nursing stations, administered to patients at different hospital locations, and recorded in different paper-based records. When the growing use of prescribed drugs in patient care resulted in an increasing number of adverse drug … Show more
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