Effect of Bar-Code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration

Abstract

Use of the bar-code eMAR substantially reduced the rate of errors in order transcription and in medication administration as well as potential adverse drug events, although it did not eliminate such errors. Our data show that the bar-code eMAR is an important intervention to improve medication safety. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00243373.)

Management of Patients with Known Drug Hypersensitivity in an Emergency Department in Israel

“…A recently published work by Poon et al [10] clearly demonstrated the advantages of using bar code technology in terms of the safety of medication administration. Providing computerized charts that sound an alarm when drugs that should be avoided in a patient with known DH are prescribed should be considered.…”

Emergency physician use and perceptions of the Alberta Netcare Portal, a province-wide interoperable electronic health record (Preprint)

“…Screen accesses were calculated at each site and a median of 20 screens were accessed per patient visit at UAH (IQR: 6-67), 9 at GNCH (4-29), 7 at FMC (2-18) and 5 at PLC (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). When compared with the structured clinical observations, the statistical analysis of screen access data also showed that ANP was used more at UAH than the other sites.…”

“…The adoption and use of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) can facilitate real-time access to key health information and support improved outcomes [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Canada's hospitals are still primarily paper-based, with only 5.2% of hospitals progressing to stage five or higher on the on the seven point Electronic Medical Record Adoption Scale [10].…”

Evaluating a Serious Gaming Electronic Medication Administration Record System Among Nursing Students: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

“…In clinical practice settings where eMAR systems are used effectively, statistically significant reductions in medication errors in comparison to those using paperbased medication administration processes have been reported [14]. Due to ongoing high rates of adverse medication events in both Canada and the United States [15,16], clinical technology like eMARs may be essential for the reduction of medication-related errors [17,18].…”