Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan. naitou@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Department of Pharmacy, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan. naitou@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Medication errors are common. Electronic Health Records (EHR) reduce some of the roots with some while they create others. EHR need to evolve. A suggestion is made to deal with prescriptions that are ...
Despite recommendations, documentation of indication on prescriptions and inpatient medication orders is not routinely practised. There has been a recent systematic review of indication documentation ...
A systematic literature search was conducted using Medline, Embase and CINAHL using two search concepts: electronic prescribing systems, and indication documentation and/or indication-based prescribin...
We identified 21 studies evaluating interventions to aid indication documentation. Indication documentation was either via free-text, selection from a list, or by use of pre-defined indication-based o...
Indication documentation has the potential to improve appropriate prescribing and reduce prescribing errors. However, further benefits to the prescriber, multidisciplinary team and patient may only be...
CRD42021278495....
To explore the benefits and challenges of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) for general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists in regional New South Wales (NSW)....
This qualitative study utilised semistructured interviews conducted virtually or in-person between July and September 2021....
General practitioners and pharmacists practising in Bathurst NSW....
Self-reported perceived and experienced benefits and challenges of e-prescribing....
Two GPs and four pharmacists participated in the study. Reported benefits of e-prescribing included improvement in the prescribing and dispensing process, patient adherence, and prescription safety an...
This study provided first insight and information on the perspectives of GPs and pharmacists 12 months after the implementation of e-prescribing. Further nationwide studies are required to consolidate...
Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) systems can bring many advantages and challenges. This system has been launched in Iran for more than two years. This study aimed to investigate the challenges a...
In this survey study and thematic analysis, which was conducted in 2023, a researcher-made questionnaire was created based on the literature review and opinions of the research team members and provid...
Eighty-four physicians participated in this study, and 71.4% preferred to use paper-based prescribing. According to the results, 53.6%, 38.1%, and 8.3% of physicians had low, medium, and high overall ...
The custodian and service provider organizations should upgrade the necessary information technology infrastructures, including hardware, software, and network infrastructures. Furthermore, it would b...
Electronic hospital pharmacy (EHP) systems are ubiquitous in today's hospitals, with many also implementing electronic prescribing (EP) systems; both contain a potential wealth of medication-related d...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes significant mortality and morbidity in hospitalised patients. Risk factors for VTE are well known and there are validated risk assessment tools to support the use o...
All admitted patients within University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust were included for analysis between 2011 and 2020. The proportion of patients who received a fully compliant risk asses...
Data from all 235,005 admissions and all 5503 prescribers were included in the analysis. Risk assessments were completed in > 90-95% of all patients at all times, but full guideline compliance was low...
An EPS-systems approach was more effective in improving sustained guideline-compliant VTE prevention over time. Non-compliance remained at 8-5% despite this mandated system. Further research is needed...
In Palestine, prescribing controlled medications is still done on paper. Despite valuable regulatory efforts, there is a high risk of undetected abuse and "doctor shopping". These problems can be addr...
This cross-sectional study was conducted among Palestinian physicians in the West Bank who are familiar with controlled medications prescribing. Data were collected using a self-administered questionn...
Most physicians expressed their willingness to use EPCM, with an acceptance rate of 85%. This perception was significantly affected by performance expectancy, effort expectancy and trust. None was mod...
Palestinian physicians will accept EPCM. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that the following be considered: ensuring maximum efficiency of the system, selecting user-friendly inte...
Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) is an essential technology in the modern health system. This technology has made many changes in the prescription process, which have advantages and disadvantage...
This phenomenological qualitative study was conducted in 2022. The participants were 15 Iranian specialist physicians working at Urmia University of Medical Sciences, selected purposively and delibera...
The results of this study showed that the e-prescribing system executed in Iran has diverse and multidimensional strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. In the strengths section, the analys...
The e-prescribing system in Iran has strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. An overarching factor across all aspects of the SWOT model was technical infrastructure. A robust technical infr...
To explore the views of junior doctors towards (1) electronic prescribing (EP) training and feedback, (2) readiness for receiving individualised feedback data about EP errors and (3) preferences for r...
Explanatory sequential mixed methods study comprising quantitative survey (phase 1), followed by interviews and focus group discussions (phase 2)....
Three acute hospitals of a large English National Health Service organisation....
25 of 89 foundation year 1 and 2 doctors completed the phase 1 survey; 5 participated in semi-structured interviews and 7 in a focus group in phase 2....
Foundation doctors in this mixed methods study reported that current feedback provision on EP errors was lacking or informal, and that existing EP training and resources were underused. They believed ...
Junior doctors would value feedback on their prescribing, and are keen to learn from EP errors, develop their clinical prescribing skills and use the EP interface effectively. We identified preference...
Despite the strong face validity of electronic prescribing (EP), the empiric data in support of improved patient safety is sparse. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical significance ...
We conducted a prospective longitudinal study in two 18-bed ICUs; one with EP and the other, PBP. Pharmacist contributions were analysed over three months. Demographic, clinical and adjunctive interve...
There were 303 patients admitted to the ICU between April 1st and June 30th 2018. EP was used in 171 patients and PBP in 132 patients. 1658 contributions were analysed. There were 14.9% highly clinica...
This study showed a significant difference in the distribution of pharmacist contributions made over time, with clinical significance levels remaining stable in the EP group at low severity, as oppose...