Medication errorsare a leading cause of deathacross many parts of the world. Several factors increase medication errors. These can be individual-related factors, such as the burden ofa heavy workload, often experiencedby nurses, or organizational-related factors, such as inadequate space for documenting and poor labeling of medication. This paper shares the results of a preliminary literaturereview on the impacts of electronic medication administration records (eMAR) on patient safety. UsingPubMed and Google Scholar, we searchedthe following terms: "eMAR", "medication errors", and "workflow". Our preliminary findings revealthat eMAR can have impacton nursing workflow, and reducemedication errors, thus improving patient safety. Although the results are preliminary, they provide some insight into the impacts of eMAR on nursing workflow and patient safety. Our plans for future researchare to conduct a systematic review study to further examine the impacts of eMAR on patient safety.
Keywords: Medication Errors; Patient Safety; eMAR.
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