Search Tag: Medication Safety
2025 18 Oct
Smart cabinets support closed-loop medication logistics by reducing errors, enhancing patient safety and lowering staff workload. Despite proven benefits, adoption in German hospitals remains low due to lack of awareness, change resistance and staffing constraints. Studies show smart cabinets cut costs, improve efficiency and gain nurse approval,...Read more
2025 18 Oct
Global EHR adoption surged in 2024, yet clinician satisfaction remains uneven. KLAS data reveal high vendor activity and strategic gains in countries like France, Brazil and Saudi Arabia. However, only the Middle East aligns infrastructure, training, governance and personalisation to deliver strong EHR experiences. To unlock value, healthcare systems...Read more
2025 11 Jul
Drug interaction databases are widely used to support medication safety in clinical practice. Despite their benefits, they often generate an overwhelming number of flagged interactions, most of which lack clinical relevance. Fewer than 10% result in observable effects, yet clinicians are expected to address each flagged warning. This situation...Read more
2025 11 Jul
Drug interaction databases are widely used to support medication safety in clinical practice. Despite their benefits, they often generate an overwhelming number of flagged interactions, most of which lack clinical relevance. Fewer than 10% result in observable effects, yet clinicians are expected to address each flagged warning. This situation...Read more
2025 07 Jul
Ensuring safe prescribing practices is essential to high-quality patient care in hospital settings. Prescribing errors represent a significant proportion of medication errors and may lead to patient harm, increased morbidity or added healthcare costs. With the increasing adoption of computerised physician order entry (CPOE) systems and clinical...Read more
2024 11 Nov
AI-powered technology continues to reshape healthcare, with the latest innovation aiming to address a critical concern: medication errors. Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an AI-enabled wearable camera capable of detecting potential medication errors with 99% accuracy. This system offers a proactive solution to improve...Read more