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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

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

COMMENTARY

Implementing a bar-code medication administration system.

Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:1016-1023.

STUDY

Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: potential to improve medication safety.

Galt KA, Rule AM, Houghton B, Young DO, Remington G. J Med Libr Assoc. 2005;93:229-236.

COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Barcode technology flaws put some patients at risk.

US News & World Report. July 3, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

STUDY

The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Smith DH, Perrin N, Feldstein A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1098-1104.

STUDY

Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician practices and pharmacies.

Grossman JM, Cross DA, Boukus ER, Cohen GR. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:353-359.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

STUDY

Challenges in posthospital care: nurses as coaches for medication management.

Costa LL, Poe SS, Lee MC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:243-251.

STUDY

Effects of technological interventions on the safety of a medication-use system.

Skibinski KA, White BA, Lin LI, Dong Y, Wu W. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:90-96.

STUDY

Improving the usability of intravenous medication labels to support safe medication delivery.

Bauer DT, Guerlain S. Int J Ind Ergon. 2011;41:394-399.

STUDY

Effect of bar-code–assisted medication administration on medication administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas.

Helmons PJ, Wargel LN, Daniels CE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1202-1210.

STUDY

Assessing the anticipated consequences of computer-based provider order entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument.

Sittig DF, Ash JS, Guappone KP, Campbell EM, Dykstra RH. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:440-447.

STUDY

Electronic prescribing within an electronic health record reduces ambulatory prescribing errors.

Abramson EL, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Kaushal R. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:470-478.

STUDY

Quality-monitoring program for bar-code–assisted medication administration.

Mims E, Tucker C, Carlson R, Schneider R, Bagby J. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1125-1131.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Educating for Safety.

Am J Pharm Edu. 2011;75:140-143.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety still compromised by computer weaknesses.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 25, 2005;10:1-3.

COMMENTARY

How the US drug safety system should be changed.

Strom BL. JAMA. 2006;295:2072-2075.

STUDY

Pharmacist staffing, technology use, and implementation of medication safety practices in rural hospitals.

Casey MM, Moscovice IS, Davidson G. J Rural Health. 2006;22:321-330.

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