A social science perspective on pharmaceutical management
Medication errors have consequences for the individual, the health service and society. Welcome to a webinar where we take a social scientific look at how to understand medication errors as a work and organisational challenge.
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'The project is in an early phase. We want to hear from you if you want to participate in the study or are involved in similar research,’ summarises Line Warth at the end of the webinar.
Kari Dyb continues, ‘We hope that our outside perspective can be a wake-up call and contribute to reflection. We want to contribute systematic knowledge that can be taken further by those working in the field.'
Recording
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Topic
A large proportion of hospitalisations in Norwegian hospitals are due to medication errors. The health authorities estimate that 1,000 people die each year because of this. Increased costs and poor use of resources across healthcare institutions is a societal problem. We want to understand how our complex healthcare system is affected by digital medication management, so that the number of errors can be reduced in the future.
Presentation by Senior Researcher Kari Dyb and Professor Line Lundvoll Warth from the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research.
E-health and digitalisation offer new opportunities to reduce medication errors, but there is a lack of knowledge about how digital tools can ensure safe medication management. The research project ‘electronic Medicines Management’ examines the totality of digital medicines management. We want to move away from assumptions and find out what actually happens in practice. With a social science perspective, we look at working practices and collaboration across levels and institutions. The ultimate goal of the project is to come up with concrete advice that will make medicine handling even safer in the future.