Designing and evaluating an automated system for real-time medication administration error detection in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Yizhao Ni; Todd Lingren; Eric S Hall; Matthew Leonard; Kristin Melton; Eric Kirkendall

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Designing and evaluating an automated system for real-time medication administration error detection in a neonatal intensive care unit.

February 21, 2018

Ni Y, Lingren T, Hall ES, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25(5):555-563.

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Preventing medication administration errors remains challenging. In this prospective study, investigators found that implementation of an automated system for detecting medication administration errors in a single neonatal intensive care unit improved identification of errors.

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