The uptake of technologies designed to influence medication safety in Canadian hospitals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Michael SaginurGeorge A Wells

Abstract

There are many technologies designed to improve medication safety. Although limited evidence supports their use, there are pressures to implement them. To determine the uptake of technologies designed to improve medication safety, plans for adopting technologies, attitudes towards technology use, and perceptions of medication error. Methods We performed a cross-sectional survey of pharmacy directors at Canada's 100 largest acute-care hospitals. Seventy-eight per cent of surveyed hospitals responded. Responding hospitals averaged 499 beds and 29% were teaching facilities. Hospital frequently used clinical pharmacy services (97% of hospitals), pharmacy-based intravenous admixture services (81%), computerized decision support modules for pharmacy order entry systems (77%), unit-dose drug distribution systems (75%) and computerized medication administration records (67%). Hospitals infrequently used bar-coding (9% of hospitals) and computerized physician order entry (9%). A majority of respondents and hospitals favoured expanded use of new technologies and planned for increased uptake. Respondents chose as their hospital's next investment: automated dispensing (33%), bar-coding (25%) and computerized physician order entry (12%). Ca...Continue Reading

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