Hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities make numerous avoidable mistakes. In nursing homes and hospitals, medical records are still kept on paper, forcing staff to sift through them to find out which medication is going to be administered to their patients. Illegibility of prescriptions might take a long time, but it can also lead to medication omissions or overdosing. This isn’t true, however, in care facilities and hospitals that use computerized drug administration systems.
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