Increasing the Safety and Cost-effectiveness of Medication Use Through Clinical Decision Support
authors
(None listed)
affiliation
Thomson Micromedex.
Thomson Micromedex is part of Thomson Healthcare, a division of The Thomson Corporation.
date
2006
overview
A discussion of medication errors and
potential solutions for improving quality of care and patient safety by improving
medication management. The final pages focus on Micromedex products.
summary
Abstract: "This paper examines how the increasing costs of medication error — in terms of life, quality of care, and dollars —
have made medication management one of the most critical issues for healthcare administrators. It explains the key requisite for effective
medication management — putting the right information in the hands of the right people
at the right time — and the role drug knowledge resources play in facilitating these
circumstances. Next, it delineates the characteristics of quality medication information
and describes an effective content/service solution that can provide this level of
quality. Finally, this paper projects the future of medication management and
what is required to realize it."
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