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STUDY

Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Loes JL, O'Brien J, Sperry L. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:2052-2057.

STUDY

Impact of health information technology on detection of potential adverse drug events at the ordering stage.

Roberts LL, Ward MM, Brokel JM, Wakefield DS, Crandall DK, Conlon P. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:1838-1846.

STUDY

Prevalence of medication administration errors in two medical units with automated prescription and dispensing.

Rodriguez-Gonzalez CG, Herranz-Alonso A, Martin-Barbero ML, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:72-78.

STUDY

Pharmacists' interventions in prescribing errors at hospital discharge: an observational study in the context of an electronic prescribing system in a UK teaching hospital.

Abdel-Qader DH, Harper L, Cantrill JA, Tully MP. Drug Saf. 2010;33:1027-1044.

STUDY

Methodological variability in detecting prescribing errors and consequences for the evaluation of interventions.

Franklin BD, Birch S, Savage I, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18:992-999.

STUDY

Automated drug dispensing system reduces medication errors in an intensive care setting.

Chapuis C, Roustit M, Bal G, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:2275-2281.

STUDY

Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): two views of the same picture.

Savage I, Cornford T, Klecun E, Barber N, Clifford S, Franklin BD. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:135.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Pharmacy Practice News. October 2011:7-14.

STUDY

Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation.

White CM, Schoettker PJ, Conway PH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:372-380.

STUDY

Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

STUDY

Paediatric dosing errors before and after electronic prescribing.

Jani YH, Barber N, Wong ICK. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:337-340.

STUDY

The incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration errors in paediatric inpatients.

Ghaleb MA, Barber N, Franklin BD, Wong ICK. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:113-118.

STUDY

Mixed results in the safety performance of computerized physician order entry.

Metzger J, Welebob E, Bates DW, Lipsitz S, Classen DC. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:655-663.

STUDY

Medication administration discrepancies persist despite electronic ordering.

FitzHenry F, Peterson JF, Arrieta M, Waitman LR, Schildcrout JS, Miller RA. J Am Med Inf Assoc. 2007;14:756-764.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

REVIEW

Medication administration technologies and patient safety: a mixed-method systematic review.

Wulff K, Cummings GG, Marck P, Yurtseven O. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:2080-2095.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Wrist tag 'offers drug warning.'

BBC News. August 9, 2005.

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