Assessment of an electronic patient record system on discharge prescribing errors in a Tertiary University Hospital.

Background: Prescribing error represent a significant source of preventable harm to patients. Prescribing errors at discharge, including omission of pre-admission medications (PAM), are particularly harmful as they frequently propagate following discharge. This study assesses the impact of an educational intervention and introduction of an electronic patient record (EPR) in the same centre on omission of PAM at discharge using a pragmatic design.

Clinical outcomes and adverse events in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, treated with off-label hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.

Aims: To assess clinical outcomes and adverse drug events in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 treated with off-label hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and azithromycin (Az).

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of hospitalised patients who had a positive polymerase chain reaction test for SARS-CoV-2 and received HCQ plus Az or no targeted therapy. The primary end point was clinical improvement on day 7 defined as either hospital discharge or an improvement of 2 points on a 6-category ordinal scale.

The impact of a set of interventions to reduce interruptions and distractions to nurses during medication administration.

Objective: To assess the impact of a set of interventions in reducing the interruption/distraction rate during medication administration.

Design And Participants: Pre- and postintervention observational study of nurses undertaking medication rounds.

Setting: Acute Medical Admissions Unit (AMAU) of a 1000-bed teaching hospital.