Designing and evaluating an automated system for real-time medication administration error detection in a neonatal intensive care unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Designing and evaluating an automated system for real-time medication administration error detection in a neonatal intensive care unit. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published January 2018

Designing and evaluating an automated system for real-time medication administration error detection in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Ni Y, Lingren T, Hall ES, Leonard M, Melton K, Kirkendall ES. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Preventing medication administration errors remains challenging. In this prospective study, investigators found that implementation of an automated system for detecting medication administration errors in a single neonatal intensive care unit improved identification of errors.

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