The impact of patient information on prescribing errors: Insights from pharmaceutical interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication errors are more likely to occur in patients with complex conditions, where appropriate prescribing requires accurate and comprehensive patient information. Inadequate use of such information, such as overlooking laboratory results or patient weight, can lead to dosing errors or contraindicated prescriptions, even with electronic checking systems. This study aimed to analyze prescribing errors detected through pharmaceutical interventions, focusing on the patient information in the hospital information system.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted on 9774 pharmaceutical interventions performed between April 2019 and March 2020. Of these, 3372 interventions related to patient information stored in hospital information system were included. Prescr

SUBMITTER: Koike D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547715 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature