Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Discussion Groups

Medication Systems: Measuring Harm Versus Error

The traditional approach has focused on error. What's the difference between harm and error? What are the limitations of measuring error? Why measure harm? How do you measure harm?

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Allergy Alert Bands	Lori Paine	3	5893	8/19/2008 12:46:39 PM by Debbie Lowe


medication errors rate	Omar Dawood	1	458	4/11/2008 11:33:06 AM by Fran Griffin


Medication Reconciliation	Susan Fleming	7	749	4/2/2008 11:34:23 AM by Julia Chang


Medication education	Ushma Lakhani	0	415	1/14/2008 4:37:34 PM by Ushma Lakhani


error vs harm	Irwin Koransky	7	8136	10/2/2007 5:27:30 PM by Adriana Cristina Marcon


Documentation of Administration Times	Jennifer Rhea	0	607	8/27/2007 9:30:59 PM by Jennifer Rhea


Verbal orders	Ann McAndrew	50	18153	6/27/2007 11:04:50 AM by Mary Dunn


ADE Trigger Tool Method	Barbara Ackerman	12	10178	5/3/2007 2:04:49 PM by Sarah Kennedy-Smith


Has anyone tried using the ADE Trigger Tool in a Non Random fashion?	George Fredericks	0	401	4/17/2007 3:15:55 PM by George Fredericks


Broselow-Luten peds medication safety	Brian McGlone	1	418	3/7/2007 10:47:13 AM by Frank Federico


Permiting patients to self administer insulin during inpatient stay	Hetal Mehrotra	2	4529	7/10/2005 11:39:32 AM by Ela Lena


Medication documentation for clinic	Lori Hohn	1	470	7/5/2005 4:21:09 PM by Marilyn Campbell


Clinic Medication list keeping current	Lori Hohn	0	460	6/6/2005 3:56:14 PM by Lori Hohn


Discharge meds	Linda Justin	4	7079	11/10/2004 2:41:51 PM by Julia Rhoades


Patient Safety focused on high-risk OB population	Stephen Olin	2	6080	7/10/2004 8:59:00 PM by Fatemeh Kiani


Intrathecal Medications	Helen Ganley	0	1243	7/1/2004 12:26:13 AM by Helen Ganley


Unit Briefings for Medication Safety	June Duesburry-Porter	0	5423	8/8/2003 8:48:48 PM by June Duesburry-Porter

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