Barriers and facilitators to recovering from e-prescribing errors in community pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore barriers and facilitators to recovery from e-prescribing errors in community pharmacies and to explore practical solutions for work system redesign to ensure successful recovery from errors.

Design

Cross-sectional qualitative design using direct observations, interviews, and focus groups.

Setting

Five community pharmacies in Wisconsin.

Participants

13 pharmacists and 14 pharmacy technicians.

Interventions

Observational field notes and transcribed interviews and focus groups were subjected to thematic analysis guided by the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) work system and patient safety model.

Main outcome measures

Barriers and facilitators to recovering from e-prescription errors in community pharmacie

SUBMITTER: Odukoya OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312611 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature