Systems factors in the reporting of serious medication errors in hospitals

• Published in: Journal of medical systems Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 543 - 551
• Main Authors: Crawford, Stephanie Y, Cohen, Michael R, Tafesse, Eskinder
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2003
• Subjects: Computer Systems - utilization; Error reporting; Errors; Hospital Bed Capacity; Hospital Information Systems - organization & administration; Hospitals; Mandatory Reporting; Medical errors; Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Patient-Centered Care; Patients; Pharmaceutics; Pharmacy Service, Hospital - organization & administration; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; Risk Management; Surveys; USA

Underreporting of medication errors poses a threat to quality improvement initiatives. Hospital risk management programs encourage medication error reporting for effective management of systems failures. This study involved a survey of 156 medical-surgical hospitals in the United States to evaluate...