Missed medication doses in hospitalised patients: a descriptive account of quality improvement measures and time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the changes in overdue doses rates over a 4-year period in an National Health Service (NHS) teaching hospital, following the implementation of interventions associated with an electronic prescribing system used within the hospital.

Design

Retrospective time-series analysis of weekly dose administration data.

Setting

University teaching hospital using a locally developed electronic prescribing and administration system (Prescribing, Information and Communication System or PICS) with an audit database containing details on every drug prescription and dose administration.

Participants

Prescription data extracted from the PICS database.

Intervention(s)

Four interventions were implemented in the Trust: (i) the ability for doctors to p

SUBMITTER: Coleman JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786625 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature