Medication overrides: Decreasing risk through process improvement in a pediatric health system
Through utilization of Lean Six Sigma methodology and involvement of a multidisciplinary process improvement team, the initiative achieved a significant and sustained reduction in the rate of medication overrides.
Authors
- Ashley Reid
- Justin W. Heizer
- Jayme Adriano Farina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-367X)
- Heidi L. McNeely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-9295)
- Michelle Zapapas
- Nicholas Jenkins
- Mohamed M. Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0242-9241)
- Sara Mirzaei
Institutions
- American Nurses Association (US)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (US)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf105
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00