Descriptive analysis on disproportionate medication errors and associated patient characteristics in the Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System.

Victor Pera Frauke van Vaerenbergh Jan A Kors Erik M van MulligenRowan ParryMarcel de WildeLies Lahousse Johan van der Lei Peter R Rijnbeek Katia M C Verhamme

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2023)

This study offers a first of its kind characterization of MEs as reported to FAERS. Reported MEs are frequent and may be associated with serious health outcomes. This FAERS data provides insights on ME prevention and offers possibilities for additional in-depth analyses.

Keyphrases

drug administration
adverse drug
electronic health record
case report
healthcare
cross sectional
patient safety
optical coherence tomography
emergency department
deep learning
human health
machine learning
data analysis
quality improvement