title: Quest for the ideal: a redesign of the medication use system.
abstract: Medication use systems in hospitals are complex and prone to error. A redesign of the system using idealized design methodology is a starting point in preventing patient harm from medication errors. An interdisciplinary team identified system properties, proposed and gathered feedback on an ideal design, and established a structure to plan changes in the system and monitor their impact.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. ddang@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robert Feroli
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paine
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shermock
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suflita
authors.forename: Jo M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Walrath
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008509:Medication Systems / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States