Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Jacquelyn Crane; Frederick G Crane

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Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

January 10, 2007

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. 2006;84(4):3-8.

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The authors suggest a model process utilizing failure mode and effects analysis to effectively implement emerging technologies that help minimize medication error.

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