Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Active Medication List: Information for Health Care Managers

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dc.contributor.authorBoncella, Carol
dc.contributor.authorWenying, Sun
dc.contributor.authorBoncella, Robert J.en_US
dc.dateOctober 2014en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-02T14:38:19Z
dc.date.available2018-11-02T14:38:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-1
dc.description.abstractBackground: The Active Medication List (AML), part of the electronic health record (EHR), lists a patient's current medications. Its accuracy and completeness may be affected by clinicians gathering information (List Taker) and the informants consulted (List Source). Computer screens (User Interface) and external databases (Systems Connectivity) are also employed. Purpose: This research sought to determine the influence of human and information technology factors on AML accuracy. Methodology/Approach: We surveyed clinicians working on inpatient units and emergency departments of three Midwest hospitals. Findings: Results suggest human factors more significantly affect AML accuracy than information technology factors. Universal support exists for the pharmacist as the best list taker and the patient as the primary list source. Of IT factors, only user interface design is important. Practice implications: We suggest that hospitals use pharmacists to collect AML data and take creative steps to increase the reliability of the patient as a list source.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKaw Valley Banken_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.otherSchool of Business Working Paper Series; No. 161en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10425/251
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWashburn University. School of Businessen_US
dc.subjectDrugsen_US
dc.subjectMedical recordsen_US
dc.subjectMedical history takingen_US
dc.subjectMedical protocolsen_US
dc.subjectMedication listen_US
dc.titleFactors Affecting the Accuracy of the Active Medication List: Information for Health Care Managersen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
washburn.identifier.cdm180en_US
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