Abstract:Background
It is well known that the use of new technologies improves efficiency and safety in medicines management in hospitals. These include computerised physician order entry (CPOE) linked to decision support systems (DSSs), automated dispensing systems (ADSs), medicines administration records (MARs) and bar coding systems (BCSs) for drug administration.
Purpose
To survey the degree of incorporation of new technologies in key steps of the medicines use process: prescribing-validating, dispensing and admi… Show more
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