Development of medication errors reporting system: an object-oriented approach
by Mohammad I. Merhi; Sheel Patel; Kevin Nguyen
International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (IJEH), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2017

Abstract: Medication errors pose a serious threat in the healthcare industry. This paper aims at developing a medication error reporting system (MERS) that enables medical professionals to anonymously report medication errors by opening a case in the MERS database. The object-oriented approach was used to analyse and design the MERS system. The systems requirements are first gathered with the use of questionnaires and interviews with practitioners; then, analysed based on unified modelling language techniques such as use case, class, and sequence diagrams. Implementing a MERS into hospitals allows medical professionals to analyse error patterns by referencing archived cases in the database; thus enhancing clinical practices that prevent future errors.

Online publication date: Mon, 14-Aug-2017

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