ABSTRACT
Internationally, there is increasing investment in medication-related technologies designed to improve the safety and appropriateness of medication therapy. This chapter will discuss a range of technologies designed to support the safe and efcient administration of medications to patients in hospitals and in care or nursing home settings. The introduction of individual technologies may each produce benets, yet increasingly, evidence indicates that technological interventions that are integrated
Key Points .............................................................................................................. 229 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 229 Automated Dispensing Systems ............................................................................230 Smart Pumps .......................................................................................................... 232 Barcode Medication Administration Systems ........................................................ 233 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 236 Commentary ........................................................................................................... 236
and support a closed-loop medication process will produce the greatest reductions in medication errors and harm.
