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Filter by:Serious medication administration errors are common in hospitals. Various interventions were developed to help prevention of such errors such as bar-code technology. Investigators aimed to study the effect of bar-code-assisted medication administration (BCMA) system on the rate of medication errors in two hospitals. They will conduct a randomized controlled trial in 6 care units of two hospitals in Paris, France. Each unit will be randomized in either the control group or the intervention group using the bar-code system to help drug administration. The observation method will be used to evaluate the error rates in the 2 groups at baseline and when BCMA will be implanted. Nurses of the unit will be randomized to determine who will be observed during the administration rounds. Considering the results of a passed observational study in 4 units (Berdot, BMC Health Serv Research 2012) and the results of the study by Poon and al. (NEJM 2010), investigators estimated that 5.981 TOE (Total Opportunities for Errors) are needed to detect a relative reduction of 45% of error rate.
An automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) is a computerized drug storage device or cabinet designed for hospitals. ADCs allow medications to be stored and dispensed near the point of care while controlling and tracking drug distribution.This study seeks to obtain quantitative measurements of the impact of the regulated ADC System installed in select high volume units throughout the hospital.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a hospital pharmacy team (pharmacy technicians and pharmacists) together with (recently admitted) patients are able to diminish the number of drug related problems including adverse drug events, made before, during and after admissions resulting in reductions of re-hospitalizations and costs.
Patients often have problems after they leave the hospital, in part because errors are made in the medications they are prescribed. The goal of this project is to develop a more accurate and safe medication prescription process when patients enter and leave the hospital and implement this process at six U.S. hospitals. The investigators will measure the success of the project and develop lessons learned so this process can be applied to other hospitals.
Adverse drug events (ADEs) after hospital discharge are common. The purpose of this research study is see if we can design an electronic tool given to your primary care provider (PCP) that will reduce adverse drug events, hospital readmissions, and emergency department visits after you are discharged from the hospital.
The purpose of this study is to: 1) evaluate the reliability and validity of EMS screening for depression and cognitive impairment and 2) to develop a pilot ED intervention program to address the needs of older adults found to be at risk for depression and cognitive impairment.