There is a link between medication errors and medication communication [ 2, 3]; communication between providers and between providers and patients, within and across care settings, have been identified as sources of medication error [ 1, 2, 4- 9].
For example, there was a reported positive association between medication error, working overtime and poor job security for nurses [ 5].
Their article reminds us not to understate the importance of medication error, to avoid overstating the benefits of incompletely proven methods to prevent medication error, and to distinguish harmful medication errors from other types of medication error.
Primary outcome measures were prevalence per patient of medication error and potentially severe error.
A statistically significant relationship was found between the rate of medication errors and month of the year (p = 0.001).
The significant relationship found between the rate of medication errors and month of the year is still unclear, as it cannot be accounted by the biannual rotation of residents occurring in May and November.
It facilitates the feedback between prescribers and dispensers, forming a new communication channel between them and helping to prevent medication errors and duplicities of treatment.
Research shows that EMRs have the potential to reduce instances of medication errors and improve communication between pharmacists and prescribers; however, more research is required to demonstrate whether this is true.
Improving communication between providers and between providers and patients is a key aspect of decreasing medication errors and improving patient safety.
Safety culture mean scores, variation in scores across working units and between hospitals versus health clinics, predictors of safety culture, and medication errors and their correlation.
