Advancing HIT to improve medication use and safety
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How to use information technology to improve medication safety.
The publication of a memorandum on improving medication safety by information technology in both the German journal GMS Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE) and the journal Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM) gives reason to strengthen cooperation of MIBE and MIM and to report on more publications of MIBE here. The publications in focus deal with simulation-based optimizat...
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BACKGROUND Information technology in health care has a clear potential to improve the quality and efficiency of health care, especially in the area of medication processes. On the other hand, existing studies show possible adverse effects on patient safety when IT for medication-related processes is developed, introduced or used inappropriately. OBJECTIVES To summarize definitions and observa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacy Today
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1042-0991
DOI: 10.1016/s1042-0991(15)30544-2