Prevalence of adverse drug events in hospitals

“Routine data primarily recorded for reimbursement purposes are increasingly being used on a national level both in pharmacoepidemiological studies and in trigger tools. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence rates of coded ADEs in hospitals on a transnational level.”

International prevalence of adverse drug events in hospitals: an analysis of routine data from England, Germany, and the USA
J Stausberg
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:125

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Computer technology may reduce medication errors

"Current policies to increase CPOE adoption and use will likely prevent millions of additional medication errors each year."

Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems
DC Radley, MR Wasserman, LEW Olsho, SJ Shoemaker, MD Spranca, B Bradshaw
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2013, online first

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Levels of harm in primary care

"This research scan found that about 1–2% of primary care consultations may include adverse events, with the most common errors relating to medication and communication."

Evidence scan: levels of harm in primary care
The Health Foundation
November 2011

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Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care

"Medication knowledge was found to be unsatisfactory among practicing nurses, with a significant risk for medication errors."

Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study
BO Simonsen, I Johansson, GK Daehlin, LM Osvik, P Farup
BMC Health Services 2011, 11:175

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