title: Pursuing safe medication use and the promise of technology.
abstract: Medical-surgical nurses are challenged to reduce and eliminate medication errors. They use technologic innovations aimed at error prevention, yet medication errors persist. The importance of improved decision making through computerized systems in the prevention of medication errors is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: La Salle University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Zane Robinson
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006804:Ergonomics; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology