Literature and resources: electronic medication management systems (EMMS)

Resources used to inform Electronic Medication Management Systems: A Guide to Safe Implementation include:

• Literature review: medication safety in acute care in Australia (2008)
  
• The Impact of eHealth on the Quality and Safety of Healthcare (2008)
  
• Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care (2011)

In addition, the following Australian analyse the impact of EMMS on medication safety in hospitals:

Day RO, et al, Implementing electronic medication management at an Australian teaching hospital, Med J Aust 2011; 195 (9): 498-502

Westbrook J, et al, The effectiveness of an electronic medication management system to reduce prescribing errors in hospital, 18th Annual Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2010

Redwood S, et al, Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2011, 11:29