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•Side Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions (25)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (323)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (308)

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STUDY

Using a bar-coded medication administration system to prevent medication errors in a community hospital network.

Sakowski J, Leonard T, Colburn S, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:2619-2625.

STUDY

Hospital rules-based system: the next generation of medical informatics for patient safety.

Wilson JW, Oyen LJ, Ou NN, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:499-505.

COMMENTARY

The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety

Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol Keohane, RN, BSN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

COMMENTARY classic

Computerization can create safety hazards: a bar-coding near miss.

McDonald CJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:510-516.

STUDY

Intravenous infusion safety technology: return on investment.

Danello SH, Maddox RR, Schaack GJ. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:680-687, 696.

STUDY

An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care.

Weingart SN, Simchowitz B, Padolsky H, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169;1465-1473.

STUDY

A new method to guard inpatient medication safety by the implementation of RFID.

Sun PR, Wang BH, Wu F. J Med Syst. 2008;32:327-332.

STUDY

Effect of an electronic medication reconciliation application and process redesign on potential adverse drug events: a cluster-randomized trial.

Schnipper JL, Hamann C, Ndumele CD, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:771-780.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Can high tech save your life?

Fischman J. US News and World Report. August 1, 2005;139:45,49-50,52.

STUDY

The utility of adding retrospective medication profiling to computerized provider order entry in an ambulatory care population.

Glassman PA, Belperio P, Lanto A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:424-431.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a bar-code medication administration system.

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

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

COMMENTARY

Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.

Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.

AUDIOVISUAL

Avoiding medical error.

Colvin G. "The Colvin Interview." CNN. February 5, 2007.

STUDY

Evaluation of an inpatient computerized medication reconciliation system.

Turchin A, Hamann C, Schnipper JL, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:449-452.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing the medication reconciliation breakdown.

Starr D, West L. Most Wired Magazine. November 9, 2006.

TOOLKIT

Assessing Bedside Bar-Coding Readiness.

Pathways for Medication Safety Tool #3. Chicago, IL: American Hospital Association; 2003.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Piecing together medication administration.

Anderson HJ. Health Data Manage. May 1, 2009;17:22.

STUDY

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug shortages: a pharmacy informatics perspective.

Edillo PN. Pharm Purch Prod. April 2011;8:26.

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