Chelsea Blackley

Issues

1. In an Inpatient Setting, How Does the Implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Administration Technology Result in Reduced Drug Errors? Introduction
   
   The process of prescribing, administering and the overall management of patients’ medications can be complex and there are plenty of opportunities within this process in where errors can be made (Houghton & Parsotam, 2011). Drug errors have the potential to severely jeopardise a patient’s wellbeing leading to increased hospital stays, loss of trust in a therapeutic relationship and the potential for long term harm or even death (Ammenworth, Schnell-Inderst, Machan & Siebert…