Electronic prescribing systems in hospitals to improve medication safety: a multimethods research programme

Sheikh, Aziz; Coleman, Jamie; Chuter, Antony; Williams, Robin; Lilford, Richard; Slee, Ann; Morrison, Zoe; Cresswell, Kathrin; Robertson, Ann; Slight, Sarah; Mozaffar, Hajar; Lee, Lisa; Shah, Sonal; Pontefract, Sarah; King, Abby; Wiegel, Valeri; Watson, Samuel; Salema, Nde-Eshimuni; Bates, David; Avery, Anthony; Girling, Alan; McCloughan, Lucy; Watson, Neil

doi:10.3310/KSRS2009

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This research programme found that the implementation of electronic prescribing systems was challenging, but when fully implemented, they were associated with a reduction in clinically important prescribing errors.

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Aziz Sheikh ^1,^*, Jamie Coleman ², Antony Chuter ³, Robin Williams ⁴, Richard Lilford ⁵, Ann Slee ⁶, Zoe Morrison ⁷, Kathrin Cresswell ¹, Ann Robertson ¹, Sarah Slight ⁸, Hajar Mozaffar ¹, Lisa Lee ¹, Sonal Shah ², Sarah Pontefract ², Abby King ¹, Valeri Wiegel ¹, Samuel Watson ⁵, Nde-Eshimuni Salema ⁹, David Bates ¹⁰, Anthony Avery ⁹, Alan Girling ⁹, Lucy McCloughan ¹, Neil Watson ¹¹

¹ Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
² Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
³ Lay member, , UK
⁴ School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
⁵ Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
⁶ NHS England, London, UK
⁷ Aberdeen Business School, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
⁸ School of Pharmacy, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
⁹ School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
¹⁰ Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
¹¹ Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: aziz.sheikh@ed.ac.uk

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