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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.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

STUDY

Intravenous infusion safety technology: return on investment.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Technology has transformed the VA.

Stires D. Fortune Magazine. May 15, 2006:130-132, 134, 136.

COMMENTARY

Implementing a bar-code medication administration system.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Avoiding medical error.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Piecing together medication administration.

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

STUDY

Connected care: reducing errors through automated vital signs data upload.

Smith LB, Banner L, Lozano D, Olney CM, Friedman B. Comput Inform Nurs. 2009;27:318-323.

TOOLKIT

Assessing Bedside Bar-Coding Readiness.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Tomorrow's operating room to harness Net, RFID.

Olsen S. CNET News.com; October 19, 2005.

BOOK/REPORT

Pharmacist Staffing and the Use of Technology in Small Rural Hospitals: Implications for Medication Safety.

Casey MM, Moscovice I, Davidson G. Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center; December 2005.

COMMENTARY

Barcoded medication administration: a last line of defense.

Cescon DW, Etchells E. JAMA. 2008;299:2200-2202.

BOOK/REPORT

Back to Basics.

Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug shortages: a pharmacy informatics perspective.

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

COMMENTARY

Medication bar coding: to scan or not to scan?

Galvin L, McBeth S, Hasdorff C, Tillson M, Thomas S. Comput Inform Nurs. 2007;25:86-92.

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.

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