Medication Safety

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Medication Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1725

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The scope of this Special Issue is to disseminate research evidence on medication safety. The Special Issue will include research on the development and testing of interventions to increase medication safety. Research relating to factors affecting medication safety is also within scope the scope of this Special Issue. We encourage submissions related to one or more of the priority areas and domains of the World Health Organization Medication Without Harm Challenge.  The priority areas are: high-risk situations, transitions of care, and polypharmacy.  The domains are: patients and the public, healthcare professionals, medicines, and systems and practices of medication.

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Keywords

  • medication safety
  • medication error
  • quality of medication use

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Healthcare Professionals’ Perceptions, Barriers, and Facilitators towards Adopting Computerised Clinical Decision Support Systems in Antimicrobial Stewardship in Jordanian Hospitals
by Fares Albahar, Rana K. Abu-Farha, Osama Y. Alshogran, Hamza Alhamad, Chris E. Curtis and John F. Marriott
Healthcare 2023, 11(6), 836; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060836 - 13 Mar 2023
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Understanding healthcare professionals’ perceptions towards a computerised decision support system (CDSS) may provide a platform for the determinants of the successful adoption and implementation of CDSS. This cross-sectional study examined healthcare professionals’ perceptions, barriers, and facilitators to adopting a CDSS for antibiotic prescribing [...] Read more.
Understanding healthcare professionals’ perceptions towards a computerised decision support system (CDSS) may provide a platform for the determinants of the successful adoption and implementation of CDSS. This cross-sectional study examined healthcare professionals’ perceptions, barriers, and facilitators to adopting a CDSS for antibiotic prescribing in Jordanian hospitals. This study was conducted among healthcare professionals in Jordan’s two tertiary and teaching hospitals over four weeks (June–July 2021). Data were collected in a paper-based format from senior and junior prescribers and non-prescribers (n = 254) who agreed to complete a questionnaire. The majority (n = 184, 72.4%) were aware that electronic prescribing and electronic health record systems could be used specifically to facilitate antibiotic use and prescribing. The essential facilitator made CDSS available in a portable format (n = 224, 88.2%). While insufficient training to use CDSS was the most significant barrier (n = 175, 68.9%). The female providers showed significantly lower awareness (p = 0.006), and the nurses showed significantly higher awareness (p = 0.041) about using electronic prescribing and electronic health record systems. This study examined healthcare professionals’ perceptions of adopting CDSS in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and shed light on the perceived barriers and facilitators to adopting CDSS in AMS, reducing antibiotic resistance, and improving patient safety. Furthermore, results would provide a framework for other hospital settings concerned with implementing CDSS in AMS and inform policy decision-makers to react by implementing the CDSS system in Jordan and globally. Future studies should concentrate on establishing policies and guidelines and a framework to examine the adoption of the CDSS for AMS. Full article
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