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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

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

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

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Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis.

Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:435-439.

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Developing a programme for medication reconciliation at the time of admission into hospital.

Manzorro AG, Zoni AC, Rieiro CR, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2011;33:603-609.

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Unintended effects of a computerized physician order entry nearly hard-stop alert to prevent a drug interaction: a randomized controlled trial.

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Aberra F, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1578-1583.

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Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records.

Yu DT, Seger DL, Lasser KE, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011;20:192-202.

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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.

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Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety.

Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Fischer K, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:868-874.

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Errors and electronic prescribing: a controlled laboratory study to examine task complexity and interruption effects.

Magrabi F, Li SY, Day RO, Coiera E. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:575-583.

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Medication reconciliation during internal hospital transfer and impact of computerized prescriber order entry.

Lee JY, Leblanc K, Fernandes OA, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1887-1895.

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Parenteral nutrition prescribing processes using computerized prescriber order entry: opportunities to improve safety.

Hilmas E, Peoples JD. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012;36(suppl 2):32S-35S.

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Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

Redwood S, Rajakumar A, Hodson J, Coleman JJ. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:29.

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Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

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Characteristics of medication errors and adverse drug events in hospitals participating in the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative.

Takata GS, Taketomo CK, Waite S; for the California Pediatric Patient Safety Initiative. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2036-2044.

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Evaluating clinical decision support systems: monitoring CPOE order check override rates in the Department of Veterans Affairs' computerized patient record system.

Lin C-P, Payne TH, Nichol WP, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:620-626.

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Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

Hume AL, Quilliam BJ, Goldman R, Eaton C, Lapane KL. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:875-884.

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Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

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Sustaining and spreading the reduction of adverse drug events in a multicenter collaborative.

Tham E, Calmes HM, Poppy A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e438-e445.

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Can an electronic prescribing system detect doctors who are more likely to make a serious prescribing error?

Coleman JJ, Hemming K, Nightingale PG, et al. J R Soc Med. 2011;104:208-218.

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Effects of CPOE on provider cognitive workload: a randomized crossover trial.

Avansino J, Leu MG. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e547-e552.

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Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

Miller DF, Fortier CR, Garrison KL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:162-168.

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