title: The payoff: preventing errors. Medication management.
abstract: To reduce the chance of errors, hospitals are investing in technology that tracks medications from the clinician to the pharmacy to the patient.
authors.forename: Amy Buttell
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Crane
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D054539:Medication Therapy Management; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010360:Patient Transfer; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States