How DeKalb Medical fixed drug safety problems after fatal error.

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How DeKalb Medical fixed drug safety problems after fatal error.

May 9, 2018

Porter S. HealthLeaders Media. April 26, 2018.

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Overreliance on technology can result in harmful medication mistakes. Reporting on a 10-fold medication overdose that led to the death of a patient with dementia, this news article describes how the hospital changed their processes to improve medication safety, which included restructuring medication safety leadership, modifying the electronic health record to address alert overrides, and enhancing information sharing to support learning and transparency.

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