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Using Barcode Medication Administration to Improve Quality and Safety: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio

Citation

Hook J, Pearlstein J, Samarth A, Cusack C. Using Barcode Medication Administration to Improve Quality and Safety: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio (Prepared by the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT under Contract No. 290-04-0016). AHRQ Publication No. 09-0023-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. December 2008.

Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign

Description

This study will create an innovative electronic medication administration record prototype and a medication administration workflow risk assessment to improve the medication administration process and the usability and safety of the electronic medication administration records in response to challenges from COVID-19.

Grant Number

R01 HS025136

Principal Investigator(s)

Ratwani, Raj M.

Hettinger, Aaron Zachary

Identifying health information technology usability issues contributing to medication errors across medication process stages.

Citation

Adams KT, Pruitt Z, Kazi S, Hettinger AZ, Howe JL, Fong A, Ratwani RM. Identifying health information technology usability issues contributing to medication errors across medication process stages. J Patient Saf. 2021 Dec 1;17(8):e988-e994. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000868. PMID: 34009868.

Principal Investigator

Ratwani, Raj M.

Project Name

Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign

A systematic review of quantitative methods for evaluating electronic medication administration record and bar-coded medication administration usability.

Citation

Pruitt ZM, Kazi S, Weir C, Taft T, Busog DN, Ratwani R, Hettinger AZ. A systematic review of quantitative methods for evaluating electronic medication administration record and bar-coded medication administration usability. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Jan;14(1):185-198. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1761435. Epub 2023 Mar 8. PMID: 36889339; PMCID: PMC9995218.

Principal Investigator

Ratwani, Raj M.

Hettinger, Aaron Zachary

Project Name

Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign

"Are we there yet?" Ten persistent hazards and inefficiencies with the use of medication administration technology from the perspective of practicing nurses.

Citation

Taft T, Rudd EA, Thraen I, Kazi S, Pruitt ZM, Bonk CW, Busog DN, Franklin E, Hettinger AZ, Ratwani RM, Weir CR. "Are we there yet?" Ten persistent hazards and inefficiencies with the use of medication administration technology from the perspective of practicing nurses. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2023 Apr 19;30(5):809-818. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad031. PMID: 36888889; PMCID: PMC10114056.

Principal Investigator

Ratwani, Raj M.

Hettinger, Aaron Zachary

Project Name

Improving Patient Safety and Clinician Cognitive Support Through eMAR Redesign