Research exploring the agreement between traditional medication records and electronic records generated by an automated dispensing device has been limited.To evaluate the extent of agreement between medication administration records written in paper-based emergency department charts and records generated by an automated dispensing device with regard to the presence or absence of a single, prespecified medication.Medication administration records in paper-based emergency department charts and medication dispensation records generated by an automated dispensing device were evaluated for concordance. The primary outcome measure was agreement between the 2 sources with regard to the presence or absence of a record for salbutamol by metered-dose inhaler (MDI) for randomly selected patients who presented to a pediatric emergency department with wheeze-related illness from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2009.In total, 1172 patient visits met the inclusion criteria. Of these, records for 1013 visits showed agreement between the paper-based emergency department chart and the dispensation record of the automated dispensing device (kappa = 0.71, 95

作者：Andrew, Wing；Barbara, Hill-Taylor；Ingrid, Sketris；Jeanne, Smith；Sam, Stewart；Katrina F, Hurley

来源：The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy 2012 年 65卷 4期