Translating Data From an Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration System Into Knowledge

Background: Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems are being widely implemented to facilitate medication safety improvement. However, translating the resulting big data into actionable knowledge has received relatively little attention. Objective: The objective of this study was to use routinely collected EPMA data in the study of exact time discrepancy between physicians’ order and nurses’ administration of systemic...