How can HIT be used to reduce medication errors?
Medication errors are one of the most common and preventable causes of harm in healthcare settings. They can occur at any stage of the medication process, from prescribing to dispensing to administering to monitoring. Health information technology (HIT) is a powerful tool that can help reduce medication errors and improve patient safety and quality of care. In this article, we will explore how HIT can be used to prevent, detect, and correct medication errors in different ways.