TY - GEN
T1 - The precise observation system for the safe use of medicines (POSSUM)
T2 - Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) Conference at Conference on Health - Exploring Complexity (HEC) - An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach
AU - Westbrook, Johanna I.
AU - Raban, Magdalena Z.
AU - Lehnbom, Elin C.
AU - Li, Ling
N1 - Copyright European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and IOS Press 2016. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Medication administration errors (MAEs) in hospital are frequent and significantly more likely to result in serious harm to patients than other medication error types. Many interventions have been proposed in order reduce MAEs and the amount of harm associated with these errors. A major limitation in assessing the effectiveness of these interventions has been the lack of robust measures for assessing changes in MAEs and associated harms. Drawing upon extensive foundational research we have developed a robust approach and data collection software to be applied in direct observational studies of nurses to allow measurement of changes in MAE rates. We report how this approach is being applied in a large stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an electronic medication management system to reduce MAEs in a paediatric hospital.
AB - Medication administration errors (MAEs) in hospital are frequent and significantly more likely to result in serious harm to patients than other medication error types. Many interventions have been proposed in order reduce MAEs and the amount of harm associated with these errors. A major limitation in assessing the effectiveness of these interventions has been the lack of robust measures for assessing changes in MAEs and associated harms. Drawing upon extensive foundational research we have developed a robust approach and data collection software to be applied in direct observational studies of nurses to allow measurement of changes in MAE rates. We report how this approach is being applied in a large stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of an electronic medication management system to reduce MAEs in a paediatric hospital.
KW - Medication administration errors
KW - electronic health records
KW - nurses
KW - safety
KW - evaluation
KW - hospitals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021309152&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-678-1-629
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-678-1-629
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 27577460
SN - 9781614996774
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 629
EP - 633
BT - Exploring complexity in health
A2 - Hoerbst, Alexander
A2 - Hackl, Werner O.
A2 - DeKeizer, Nicolette
A2 - Prokosch, Hands-Ulrich
A2 - Hercigonja-Szekeres, Mira
A2 - De Lusignan, Simon
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Y2 - 28 August 2016 through 2 September 2016
ER -