Objectives To evaluate the implementation and adoption of the NHS detailed care records
service in “early adopter” hospitals in England. Design Theoretically informed, longitudinal …

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

Objectives To describe and evaluate the implementation and adoption of detailed electronic
health records in secondary care in England and thereby provide early feedback for the …

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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 …

Background Prescribing errors occur in up to 15% of UK inpatient medication orders.
However, junior doctors report insufficient feedback on errors. A barrier preventing feedback …

Aim To compare the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in newly written
medication orders and how quickly they were rectified, in three NHS organisations. Methods …

We present the findings of a discrete event simulation study of the hospital pharmacy
outpatient dispensing systems at two London hospitals. Having created a model and …

Objective To assess the impact of two different automated dispensing machines ('robots') on
safety, efficiency and staff satisfaction, in a UK hospital setting. Setting An NHS teaching …

Purpose To compare four methods of detecting prescribing errors (PE) in the same patient
cohorts before and after an intervention (computerised physician order entry; CPOE) and to …