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Reduction in preventable time-critical dose omissions: impact of electronic medication management systems on in-patients.

October 2, 2024

Graudins LV, Crute S, Poole SG, et al. Contemp Nurse. 2024;Epub Aug 8.

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Reducing missed medication doses is an important patient safety effort. This article describes the impact of electronic medication management (EMM) systems and automated dispensing cabinets (ADC) on missed medication doses. Thirty months after implementation of EMM systems, preventable time-critical missed doses were reduced, with further reductions in units with ADC.

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