title: Chicago hospital strives to match lab, pharmacy data to prevent medication errors.
abstract: Despite its older mainframe systems, Cook County Hospital in Chicago has made significant discoveries, such as instances of inappropriately prescribed potassium.
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018511:Systems Integration