E-prescribing: A focused review and new approach to addressing safety in pharmacies and primary care
| Autor: | Michelle A. Chui, Olufunmilola K. Odukoya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pharmacies
medicine.medical_specialty Primary Health Care Health information technology business.industry Pharmaceutical Science Human factors and ergonomics Pharmacy Primary care Article Hospitals Electronic Prescribing Patient safety Acute care Family medicine medicine Humans Medication Errors Patient Safety Hospital pharmacy Medical prescription business |
| Zdroj: | Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 9:996-1003 |
| ISSN: | 1551-7411 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.09.004 |
| Popis: | Summary E-prescribing, the health information technology (HIT) that enables prescribers to electronically transmit prescriptions to community pharmacies, has been touted as a solution for improving patient safety and overall quality of care. However, the impact of HIT, such as e-prescribing on medication errors in acute care settings, has been widely studied and shows that if poorly designed or implemented, HIT can pose a risk to patient safety by introducing a source of medication errors. Unlike acute care settings, safety issues related to e-prescribing in primary care settings (where e-prescriptions are generated and transmitted) and pharmacies (where e-prescriptions are received) have not received as much attention in the literature. This paper provides a focused review of patient safety issues related to using e-prescribing systems in primary care and pharmacies. In addition, the paper proposes using human factors engineering concepts to study e-prescribing safety in pharmacies and primary care settings to identify safety problems and possible mechanisms for improvement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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