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Z The Archives of Internal Medicine have a report about high rates of adverse drug effects in a hospital that is highly computerized: '...Among 937 hospital admissions, 483 clinically significant inpatient [Adverse Drug Effects] ADEs were identified, accounting for 52 ADEs per 100 admissions and an incidence density of 70 ADEs per 1000 patient-days. One quarter of the hospitalizations had at least 1 ADE. Of all ADEs, 9% resulted in serious harm, 22% in additional monitoring and interventions, 32% in interventions alone, and 11% in monitoring alone; 27% should have resulted in additional interventions or monitoring. Medication errors contributed to 27% of these ADEs. Errors associated with ADEs occurred in the following stages: 61% ordering, 25% monitoring, 13% administration, 1% dispensing, and 0% transcription. The medical record reflected recognition of 76% of the ADEs. Conclusions High rates of ADEs may continue to occur after implementation of CPOE and related computerized medication systems that lack decision support for drug selection, dosing, and monitoring...' Read More...
Canfield, Kip, Application Integration for Free Open Source Medical Software: A Case Study, Journal of Free and Open Source Medical Computing 2004 February, 2 Vol.1(2) Read the full text of the article. Read More...
Jens Bohl, Christian Heller, Torsten Kunze, Ilka Philippow, A Flexible Software Architecture for Presentation Layers demonstrated on Medical Documentation with Episodes and Inclusion of Topological Report Journal of Free and Open Source Medical Computing 2003 June, 26 Vol.1(1) Read the full text of article Read More... (1 comment)
The Journal of Free and Open Source Medical Computing (JOSMC) is open and issuing its first call for papers. The Journal was started after the success of Linux Medical News indicated the need for a more scholarly publication. The Journal '...is an electronic forum for disseminating information on free and open source medical computing. Scholarly work on any aspect of free and open source medical computing will be considered for peer-reviewed publication...' Read the editorial guidelines for information on submitting articles, editorials or features. A list of subject areas that the journal accepts for publication are included below: Read More... ( 696 bytes in body)
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