Decentralized automated dispensing devices: systematic review of clinical and economic impacts in hospitals.

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Abstract

Technologies have been developed over the past 20 years to automate the stages of drug distribution in hospitals, including ordering, dispensing, delivery, and administration of medications, in attempts to decrease medication error rates. Decentralized automated dispensing devices (ADDs) represent one such technology that is being adopted by hospitals across Canada, but the touted benefits, in terms of improved patient safety and cost savings, are increasingly being questioned.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Can J Hosp Pharm

Title: The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy

ISSN (Electronic): 1920-2903

ISSN (Print): 0008-4123

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2014

Volume: 67

Issue: 2

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[1 ] , BSc, MSc(Pharm), is with the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. She was one of the two co-leads on this project.

[2 ] , BSc(Pharm), MHA, PharmD, BCPS, is with the Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, British Columbia. He was one of the two co-leads on this project.

[3 ] , BSc(Pharm), MHSc, CHE, is with the Fraser Health Authority, Surrey, British Columbia.

[4 ] is a student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

[5 ] , BSc, MSc, PhD, is with the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v67i2.1343

PMC ID: 4006759

PubMed ID: 24799724

SO-VID: cc629297-228f-468f-8ad6-5eb0986c9790

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Keywords: costs,automated dispensing device,medication errors

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Keywords: costs, automated dispensing device, medication errors

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