The Effectiveness of Electronic Medication Administration Record: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Background: Medication errors are currently a global issue in maintaining patients’ safety. This variesamong countries and the innovation in solving this issue by nurses is highly needed. Therefore, the purposeof this systematic review is to identify and evaluate the published studies related to the effects of electronicmedication administration record system. Methods: The systematic reviews were carried out using sixdatabases, published between January 1, 2014, and October 31, 2018. The search for articles focused on theeffects of electronic medication administration records. Results: Based on the search for research reportsconducted in six databases, 772 articles related to the effect of applying electronic medication records wereobtained. From this, 23 studies that matched the inclusion criteria were collected and analyzed. Furthermore,9 studies showed that the effect of applying electronic medication records reduce the incidence of medicationadministration errors. While others showed increase in the average treatment accuracy, mortality reduction,documentation process elevation, nurses’ mental load decrement high job satisfaction, and lesser nursingtime. Conclusion: Electronic medication administration record was effective in reducing error incidence.Therefore, this innovation is highly recommended to be implemented both in hospital settings andcommunity-based health services.