| Background: |
Medication errors and resulting Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) are
an important issue of global healthcare. The Austrian
eMedication pilot project aims at improving medication safety
by electronic documentation and communication of all prescriptions
issued in the outpatient area in Austria.
In a pilot project that started in spring 2011, around 100 general
physicians, 50 pharmacies and several hospitals use eMedication
to document and exchange prescription information. The particpants
come from three pilot regions: Vienna (21st and 22nd area), Tirol
(Reutte, Imst, Landeck) and Upper-Austria (Wels, Grieskirchen, Eferding).
This pilot project is monitored by an evaluation project.
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| Objectives: |
The objective of this evaluation project is to evaluate the eMedication
pilot project, with special focus on the following questions:
- How is the user acceptance of the participating physicians,
pharmacists, hospitals and patients?
- Does eMedication help to improve medication/patient safety?
- What should be improved from a technical or organizational point
of view?
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