Reducing prescribing error: competence, control, and cultureN Barber
The School of Pharmacy, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 12:i29-32. 2003
..Solutions involve overt acknowledgement of this by senior clinicians and managers, and an open process of sharing and reviewing prescribing decisions...
Measuring the appropriateness of prescribing in primary care: are current measures complete?N Barber
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, London, UK
J Clin Pharm Ther 30:533-9. 2005
..To explore the predictive accuracy of these instruments...
- Designing information technology to support prescribing decision making
N Barber
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, 29 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 13:450-4. 2004
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- Can human error theory explain non-adherence?
Nick Barber
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, London, UK
Pharm World Sci 27:300-4. 2005
..To apply human error theory to explain non-adherence and examine how well it fits...
- Hospital drug distribution systems in the UK and Germany--a study of medication errors
K Taxis
Centre for Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, London, UK
Pharm World Sci 21:25-31. 1999
..Errors occurring with the traditional system and the unit dose system may be reduced if the original prescription is used for medication administration...
- Prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: their incidence and clinical significance
B Dean
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 11:340-4. 2002
..This pilot study sought to investigate their incidence in one UK hospital...
- Should we consider non-compliance a medical error?
N Barber
Centre for Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 11:81-4. 2002
..If empirical research supports the arguments in this paper then, with some further theory development, the application of human error theory will offer a useful new approach to understanding and reducing undesired non-compliance...
- Causes of intravenous medication errors: an ethnographic study
K Taxis
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 12:343-7. 2003
..Our aim was to investigate causes of errors in IV drug preparation and administration using a framework of human error theory...
- Giving voice to the lifeworld. More humane, more effective medical care? A qualitative study of doctor-patient communication in general practice
C A Barry
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Guy s King s and St Thomas s School of Medicine, King s College, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 53:487-505. 2001
..This would require attention to structural aspects of the healthcare system to enable doctors to work fully within the patient-centred model...
Antimicrobial usage in dogs and cats in first opinion veterinary practices in the UKA Mateus
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Campus, North Mymms, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX
J Small Anim Pract 52:515-21. 2011
..To provide baseline data on patterns of antimicrobial usage in dogs and cats through the analysis of data stored in electronic practice management systems...
- Patients' problems with new medication for chronic conditions
N Barber
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX
Qual Saf Health Care 13:172-5. 2004
..To assess patients' adherence to new medication for a chronic condition (and whether non-adherence was intentional), patients' problems with their medication, and their further information needs...
- Developing and using quantitative instruments for measuring doctor-patient communication about drugs
Linda Jenkins
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Guy s King s and St Thomas School of Medicine, London, UK
Patient Educ Couns 50:273-8. 2003
..The research was developmental and findings suggest that unnecessary prescribing and problems in communication are more likely to lead to poor outcomes in terms of non-adherence and patients having barriers to using their medication...
- Electronic prescribing reduced prescribing errors in a pediatric renal outpatient clinic
Yogini Hariprasad Jani
Centre for Pediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London and the Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
J Pediatr 152:214-8. 2008
..To assess the effect of an electronic prescribing (EP) system on the incidence and type of prescribing errors and the number of error-free visits...
- The impact of a closed-loop electronic prescribing and administration system on prescribing errors, administration errors and staff time: a before-and-after study
Bryony Dean Franklin
Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 16:279-84. 2007
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- The effects of electronic prescribing on the quality of prescribing
Parastou Donyai
Department of Pharmacy, Kingston University, Surrey, UK
Br J Clin Pharmacol 65:230-7. 2008
..Electronic prescribing and pharmacists' interventions should be viewed as an integrated system...
- The cost effectiveness of a telephone-based pharmacy advisory service to improve adherence to newly prescribed medicines
Rachel A Elliott
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Pharm World Sci 30:17-23. 2008
..This "proof of concept" study aimed to assess the cost effectiveness of pharmacists giving advice via telephone, to patients receiving a new medicine for a chronic condition, in England...
- Causes of prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: a prospective study
Bryony Dean
Centre for Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK
Lancet 359:1373-8. 2002
..They have not, however, been applied to prescribing errors, which are a great cause of patient harm. Our aim was to use this approach to investigate the causes of such errors...
- The frequency and potential causes of dispensing errors in a hospital pharmacy
Adnan Beso
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pharm World Sci 27:182-90. 2005
..CONCLUSION: Dispensing errors occur in about 2% of all dispensed items. About 1 in 100 of these is missed by the final check. The impact on dispensing errors of developments such as automated dispensing systems should be evaluated...
- Patient-doctor decision-making about treatment within the consultation--a critical analysis of models
Veronika Wirtz
Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
Soc Sci Med 62:116-24. 2006
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- Self-treatment and its discussion in medical consultations: how is medical pluralism managed in practice?
Fiona A Stevenson
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Guy s, King s, and St Thomas School of Medicine, Kings College, London SE11 6SP, UK
Soc Sci Med 57:513-27. 2003
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- Ethnographic study of incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors
Katja Taxis
Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London WC1 1AX
BMJ 326:684. 2003
..To determine the incidence and clinical importance of errors in the preparation and administration of intravenous drugs and the stages of the process in which errors occur...
- What constitutes evidence in hospital new drug decision making?
K Neil Jenkings
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, 29 39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Soc Sci Med 58:1757-66. 2004
..We suggest the coming together of local and abstract in local decision-making needs to be taken into account when formulating policy and providing decision support...
- A technical note concerning non-adherence to drug therapy: exact expressions for the mean and variance of drug concentration
Steve Gallivan
Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Health Care Manag Sci 11:296-301. 2008
..The analysis presented here can be used to assess whether a given level of non-adherence is likely to have a clinical impact. The methods used can easily be adapted for use in the context of other routes of drug administration...
- Understanding different beliefs held by adherers, unintentional nonadherers, and intentional nonadherers: application of the Necessity-Concerns Framework
Sarah Clifford
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, United Kingdom
J Psychosom Res 64:41-6. 2008
..The objective of this study was to explore beliefs about medicines, using the Necessity-Concerns Framework, of patients who report adherence, unintentional nonadherence, and intentional nonadherence...
- Understanding the role of "the hidden curriculum" in resource allocation--the case of the UK NHS
Veronika Wirtz
Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Health Care Anal 11:295-300. 2003
..We suggest that these more diffuse, holistic and system level value judgements are both central to understanding priority setting and at the same time difficult to reduce or abstract out into lists of single values/principles...
- Qualitative evaluation of an electronic prescribing and administration system
Nick Barber
The School of Pharmacy, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 16:271-8. 2007
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- Incidence and nature of dosing errors in paediatric medications: a systematic review
Ian C K Wong
Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London and the Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Drug Saf 27:661-70. 2004
..There is an urgent need to develop methods to reduce medication errors in children and dosing errors should be the first priority...
- Clinical decision support systems and antibiotic use
Nada Atef Shebl
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, BMA House, Mezzanine Floor, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP, UK
Pharm World Sci 29:342-9. 2007
..To review and appraise randomised controlled trials (RCT) and 'before and after' studies published on clinical decision support systems (CDSS) used to support the use of antibiotics...
- Providing feedback to hospital doctors about prescribing errors; a pilot study
Bryony Dean Franklin
Academic Pharmacy Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
Pharm World Sci 29:213-20. 2007
..To assess the feasibility and acceptability of obtaining data on prescribing error rates in routine practice, and presenting feedback on such errors to medical staff...
- Patient-centred advice is effective in improving adherence to medicines
Sarah Clifford
Department of Practice and Policy, The School of Pharmacy, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP, UK
Pharm World Sci 28:165-70. 2006
..While a substantially larger trial would be needed to confirm that the effect is real and sustained, these initial findings suggest the service may be safe and useful to patients...
- Systematic review of medication errors in pediatric patients
Maisoon Abdullah Ghaleb
Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, England
Ann Pharmacother 40:1766-76. 2006
..Further work to determine the incidence and causes of MEs in pediatrics is urgently needed, as well as evaluation of the best interventions to reduce them...
- Consultations do not have to be longer
Linda Jenkins
BMJ 325:388. 2002
- The incidence of prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: an overview of the research methods
Bryony Dean Franklin
Academic Pharmacy Unit, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK
Drug Saf 28:891-900. 2005
..Therefore, the most appropriate method depends on the study's aims. However, using a combination of methods is likely to be the most useful approach if comprehensive data are required...
- The validation of an existing method of scoring the severity of medication administration errors for use in Germany
Katja Taxis
Pharmazeutische Biologie, Pharmazeutisches Institut, Universitat Tubingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Pharm World Sci 24:236-9. 2002
..The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of an existing method of scoring the severity of medication administration errors, developed in the United Kingdom (UK), for use in Germany...
- Reimbursement decisions in health policy--extending our understanding of the elements of decision-making
Veronika Wirtz
Department of Practice and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
Health Policy 73:330-8. 2005
..Complementing the analysis of decision-making about reimbursement by incorporating these factors could increase our understanding and potentially improve decision-making...
