TY - JOUR T1 - Context-specific technology-based solutions may reduce the risk of preventable medication harm across healthcare settings JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2020-103383 SP - ebnurs-2020-103383 AU - Lynn Acheson AU - Sumeeta Kapoor Y1 - 2021/07/26 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2021/07/25/ebnurs-2020-103383.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Hodkinson A, Tyler N, Ashcroft DM, et al. Preventable medication harm across health care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2020; 18:313Accessible centralised digital platforms should be employed to real-time prescribing, dispensing, administrating and monitoring medications as well as reporting of actual and near missed errors.Healthcare researchers should study local healthcare settings to develop context-specific comprehensive understanding about the patterns of preventable medication errors, resulting harms and workable solutions.Preventable medication harm is a persistent and serious medical issue globally.1 The healthcare systems and processes change rapidly, so do the nature and types of the medical harm across healthcare settings.2 Hodkinson et al conducted a comprehensive and systematic literature review to update the current estimated rates of prevalence, severity and type of preventable medication … ER -