Development of medication errors reporting system: an object-oriented approach. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Merhi, Mohammad I.; Patel, Sheel; Nguyen, Kevin
• Is Part Of: International journal of electronic healthcare. Volume 9:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 255
• Page End: 274
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: health errors -- medical errors -- health information technology -- health systems -- error reporting system; Medical informatics -- Periodicals; 362.10285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-8453

Abstract

Medication errors pose a serious threat in the healthcare industry. This paper aims at developing a medication error reporting system (MERS) that enables medical professionals to anonymously report medication errors by opening a case in the MERS database. The object-oriented approach was used to analyse and design the MERS system. The systems requirements are first gathered with the use of questionnaires and interviews with practitioners; then, analysed based on unified modelling language techniques such as use case, class, and sequence diagrams. Implementing a MERS into hospitals allows medical professionals to analyse error patterns by referencing archived cases in the database; thus enhancing clinical practices that prevent future errors.