Abstract
Adverse drug effects are a serious problem in hospital patient care [1]. The use of Enterprise Digital Assistants (=EDA) proved succesfull in HUS hospital pharmacy. The quality of order picking was better with EDAs. In 2018 75% of order rows and over 1 milloin packages in are picked with EDAs. There is a growing need for more detailed information of the medicines given to each patient. With EDAs this goal can be achieved cost effectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | MEDINFO 2019 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
| Editors | Brigitte Seroussi, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Brigitte Seroussi |
| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Pages | 1857-1858 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781643680026 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Aug 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Conference publication |
| Event | World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics - Lyon, France Duration: 25 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2019 Conference number: 17 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Volume | 264 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0926-9630 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8365 |
Conference
| Conference | World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
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| Abbreviated title | MEDINFO |
| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Lyon |
| Period | 25/08/2019 → 30/08/2019 |
Funding
This research was funded by Business Finland, former Tekes and HUS Pharmacy. This is a part of a research program SalWe-SHOK Get It Done - Personalized Diagnostics and Care 2014-2018.
Keywords
- Barcode Technology
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Medication Safety