NDLI: Exploring errors in a medication process: an analysis of information delivery

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lederman, R. Parkes, C.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia (Lederman, R.; Parkes, C.)
Abstract	We examine the prescribing process in a hospital to see whether information systems failure contributes to the occurrence of prescribing errors. J.T. Reason's (1990) model of organisational failure suggests that this may be the case. Reason identified circumstances in work systems and processes where errors may occur. While Reason's model has been applied in a medical context, it has not previously been linked to errors which result from information systems failure. It is held, however, that the model can be used as a predictive tool, suggesting that prescribing errors have an increased likelihood of occurring if one or more of the types of failure identified in Reason's model are present in the existing information delivery process in a hospital. In this paper, we examine the application of Reason's model in predicting prescribing errors and then calculate the extent to which these errors are evident in the hospital ward under examination.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc. Tech. Committee on Comput. Med. Univ. Maribor, Faculty of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci
Starting Page	79
Ending Page	84
File Size	210666
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769516149
ISSN	10637125
DOI	10.1109/CBMS.2002.1011358
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-06-04
Publisher Place	Slovenia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Information analysis Hospitals Information systems Computer errors Predictive models Drugs Accidents Health information management Context modeling Medical services
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Computer Science Applications

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