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

Kathleen Skibinski; Barbara A White; Lawrence I-Kuei Lin; Yuping Dong; Wenting Wu

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

January 17, 2007

Skibinski K, White BA, Lin LI-K, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(1):90-6.

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The authors implemented technologies supporting safe medication use and observed improved patient identification, decreased turnaround time for orders, and increased accuracy of medication administration.

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