Health information technology can support the development of national learning health and
care systems, which can be defined as health and care systems that continuously use data-…

Objectives: To assess the impact of a closed-loop electronic prescribing, automated
dispensing, barcode patient identification and electronic medication administration record (EMAR) …

Objectives To determine the incidence and nature of prescribing and medication administration
errors in paediatric inpatients. Design Prospective review of drug charts to identify …

Background The emergence of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare in the UK
can be traced as far back as the 1970s. More recently, campaigns by harmed patients have …

Aim: To determine the prevalence and nature of prescribing errors in general practice; to
explore the causes, and to identify defences against error. Methods: 1) Systematic reviews; 2) …

Background. Antimicrobial use in acute care is widely reported to be suboptimal.
Inappropriate use of antimicrobials is a major contributing factor to the emergence of multidrug …

Objectives: To determine the frequency and types of dispensing errors identified both at the
final check stage and outside of a UK hospital pharmacy, to explore the reasons why they …

What is already known about this subject • Electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce
prescribing errors in US hospitals. • However we know little about its effect on prescribing …

Objectives To conduct an independent evaluation of the first phase of the Health Foundation’s
Safer Patients Initiative (SPI), and to identify the net additional effect of SPI and any …

Background: prescribing for older people is a complex process and can elevate the risk of
inappropriate prescribing, with potentially severe consequences. With a growing ageing …