Detection and Prevention of Adverse Drug Events: Information Technologies and Human Factors, Volume 148 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 1

225 sayfa. 17x25 cm
ÇOK TEMİZ. SIFIR

When someone enters hospital for examination or treatment, is given a doctors prescription, receives medication from a pharmacist or has his drugs administered by a nurse, he assumes that his health and welfare will benefit from this medical intervention. But the effectiveness of available therapies should also be viewed from the perspective of potentially negative consequences: adverse drug events (ADE). ADEs endanger patients safety and increase hospital costs, making reduction of preventable ADEs a crucial and challenging public health issue. This book presents papers from the workshop 'Patient Safety through Intelligent Procedures in medication' focusing on the following topics: the identification of ADE and medication errors in hospital settings; the role of human and organizational factors on ADE and medication errors; and information and communication technologies to prevent or correct ADEs and medication errors. The papers in this book are the work of active

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