NYC Hospitals + Health is rolling out a multimillion dollar upgrade to its medication management systems, aimed at improving efficiency and patient safety access across the network. The new, ...

No one involved in patient care ever wants to hear the words “wrong medication” or “wrong dose.” Efforts to reduce medication errors have succeeded in part, but potentially damaging mistakes still ...

Electronic medical records (EMRs) can play an important role in the reduction of medication errors, but they should not be considered the be-all, end-all solution. Healthcare organizations, in fact, ...

This article shows how Barcoded Medication Administration technology institutionally organizes and rules the daily actions of nurses. Although it is widely assumed that Barcoded Medication ...

CHICAGO – Errors in drug ordering, dosage and monitoring that may have serious consequences for patients persist in hospitals even after the adoption of computerized medication systems, according to a ...

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its 2019 ...

Objective: To explore perspectives about issues surrounding organizational decisions to adopt and implement medication safety technologies. Methods: Three focus groups and 5 telephone interviews with ...

2D barcodes enable traceability and authentication for modern commerce, but they require strong data foundations, from supplier to consumer. In association withGS1 US The world’s first barcode, ...

As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry faces a variety of ongoing challenges and shifts in delivery of care, according to a new 2022 predictions report.

Digital transformation has become a required mandate in health systems around the world, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maturity models such as EMRAM are needed to benchmark organisations ...