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Barcode Medication Administration and Patient Safety: A narrative literature review
Patient safety is a global challenge to health care systems. Medication errors are the main cause for patient harm. Smart technology in health care is developed to enhance patient safety through preventing and reducing medication errors. This thesis explored academic literature on the smart technology “Barcode Medication Administration”, BCMA used in hospitals by conducting a narrative literature review. Factors that impact the successful use of BCMA and therefore compromise patient safety were analysed. Methods to recognise and reduce these potential risks were examined, and suggestions on the reduction of these safety risks were discussed. The research tried to find answers to the questions on how the factors that impact the safe use of BCMA in hospitals can be described, on what the effect of BCMA on patient safety is like, and on how safety problems can be addressed and solved to improve patient safety. The concepts “Smart Health”, “Patient Safety”, and “Smart Technology and Barcode Medication Administration, BCMA” were described and provided a supportive conceptual framework. The method used in this thesis was the narrative literature review. The academic articles were selected or dismissed for this thesis based on selected standards. The data was analysed by performing the inductive content analysis and categorised into main themes and sub-themes which were then described in more detail. The results of the narrative literature review discussed factors that impact the successful use of BCMA and patient safety, and methods that aim to reduce or eliminate these risk factors through improving the BCMA system. The influencing factors were categorised into technological, social, and organisational factors. Technological factors included technical problems, compatibility, interconnectivity, integration, design, and ease of use. Social factors included user-related issues, attitude, social influence, awareness and expectations, user engagement, and workflow-related issues. Organisational factors included organisational culture and context, policy and regulations, economic factors, evidence- based research, and workflow related issues. Methods to address and overcome problems included improvement of communication and cooperation, the use of the closed loop system, training and education, and the use of models such as the Technology Acceptance Model, TAM, the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, EMRAM or the Adaption Model for Analytics Maturity, AMRAM that facilitate change and development. The findings help stakeholders in their decision – making associated with the safe implementation of BCMA and are hopefully also used as supportive teaching material in health organisations and schools.
Barcode Medication Administration and Patient Safety: A narrative literature review
Patient safety is a global challenge to health care systems. Medication errors are the main cause for patient harm. Smart technology in health care is developed to enhance patient safety through preventing and reducing medication errors. This thesis explored academic literature on the smart technology “Barcode Medication Administration”, BCMA used in hospitals by conducting a narrative literature review. Factors that impact the successful use of BCMA and therefore compromise patient safety were analysed. Methods to recognise and reduce these potential risks were examined, and suggestions on the reduction of these safety risks were discussed. The research tried to find answers to the questions on how the factors that impact the safe use of BCMA in hospitals can be described, on what the effect of BCMA on patient safety is like, and on how safety problems can be addressed and solved to improve patient safety. The concepts “Smart Health”, “Patient Safety”, and “Smart Technology and Barcode Medication Administration, BCMA” were described and provided a supportive conceptual framework. The method used in this thesis was the narrative literature review. The academic articles were selected or dismissed for this thesis based on selected standards. The data was analysed by performing the inductive content analysis and categorised into main themes and sub-themes which were then described in more detail. The results of the narrative literature review discussed factors that impact the successful use of BCMA and patient safety, and methods that aim to reduce or eliminate these risk factors through improving the BCMA system. The influencing factors were categorised into technological, social, and organisational factors. Technological factors included technical problems, compatibility, interconnectivity, integration, design, and ease of use. Social factors included user-related issues, attitude, social influence, awareness and expectations, user engagement, and workflow-related issues. Organisational factors included organisational culture and context, policy and regulations, economic factors, evidence- based research, and workflow related issues. Methods to address and overcome problems included improvement of communication and cooperation, the use of the closed loop system, training and education, and the use of models such as the Technology Acceptance Model, TAM, the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, EMRAM or the Adaption Model for Analytics Maturity, AMRAM that facilitate change and development. The findings help stakeholders in their decision – making associated with the safe implementation of BCMA and are hopefully also used as supportive teaching material in health organisations and schools.
Barcode Medication Administration and Patient Safety: A narrative literature review
Heikkinen, Irina (author)
2022-01-01
Miscellaneous
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
MEDICATION DISPENSING ERRORS IN URBAN PHARMACIES: IMPLEMENTING BARCODE TECHNOLOGY
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