Abstract
One of the most common interventions in health care is medication use. Although simple when contrasted against interventions such as surgery, the high incidence of adverse drug events highlights the complexity and risk inherent in the medication-use process. This process comprises multiple interconnected stages: prescribing, order processing, dispensing, administration, and monitoring. Not only is there considerable variation in how steps are executed across stages, but the interconnected nature of the stages may also mean that errors made in one stage often have a cascading effect on subsequent stages. This chapter offers guidelines for designing medication reconciliation technology and presents a mixed methods empirical study in medication reconciliation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Design for Health |
Subtitle of host publication | Applications of Human Factors |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 31-46 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128164273 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128166215 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2020 |
Keywords
- Medication reconciliation
- home medication list
- human factors
- human systems integration
- interface design
- pharmacist
- prescriber
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology