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Record W2097693023 · doi:10.4212/cjhp.v65i4.1156

Medication Records in the Emergency Department: Agreement Between Paper-Based Charts and Automated Dispensing Device

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Andrew Wing, Barbara Hill-Taylor, Ingrid Sketris, Jeanne Smith, Samuel A. Stewart, Katrina Hurley

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy · 2012
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldHealth Professions
TopicElectronic Health Records Systems
Canadian institutionsDalhousie University
FundersIWK Health CentreDalhousie UniversityNova Scotia Health Research FoundationCanadian Health Services Research Foundation
KeywordsEmergency departmentMedicineTriageConcordanceMedical emergencyMedical recordEmergency medicineConfidence intervalCohen's kappaKappaInternal medicineNursing

Abstract

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Background: Research exploring the agreement between traditional medication records and electronic records generated by an automated dispensing device has been limited. Objective: 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. Methods: 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 metereddose 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. Results: 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% confidence interval 0.67–0.75). This value did not meet the target kappa of 0.80. Stratification by time of day, day of week, month, season, or year of presentation at triage or by triage level or disposition (whether or not the patient was admitted to the hospital ward) did not significantly affect the level of agreement between the 2 sources. Conclusions: Agreement between records of salbutamol MDI administration in paper-based charts and dispensation records from an automated dispensing device was substantial, but discrepancies were present. There are significant quality management, legal, clinical, and research reasons to strive for concordance between multiple records with respect to medication use in the emergency department. Data generated by automated dispensing devices have potential value for research, but their strengths and limitations need to be understood. RÉSUMÉ Contexte : Peu de recherches ont étudié la concordance entre les fiches de médicaments traditionnelles et les registres électroniques générés par une armoire de distribution automatisée. Objectif : Évaluer le degré de concordance entre les fiches manuscrites d’administration des médicaments dans les dossiers papier du service des urgences et les registres générés par une armoire de distribution automatisée en ce qui a trait à la présence ou à l’absence d’un seul médicament présélectionné. Méthodes : Les fiches d’administration des médicaments dans les dossiers papier du service des urgences et les registres d’administration des médicaments générés par une armoire de distribution automatisée ont été évalués au chapitre de la concordance. Le principal paramètre d’évaluation était la concordance entre les deux sources en ce qui a trait à la présence ou à l’absence d’une mention au sujet du salbutamol en aérosol-doseur chez des patients choisis au hasard qui se sont présentés au service de l’urgence pédiatrique pour des symptômes de respiration sifflante, entre le 1er janvier 2008 et le 31 décembre 2009. Résultats : Au total, 1172 visites de patients ont satisfait aux critères d’inclusion. Lors de 1013 de ces visites, les fiches d’administration des médicaments dans les dossiers papier du service des urgences concordaient avec les registres d’administration des médicaments générés par une armoire de distribution automatisée (kappa = 0,71, intervalle de confiance à 95 % 0,67–0,75). Cette valeur n’a pas atteint le kappa cible de 0,80. La stratification selon l’heure du jour, le jour de la semaine, le mois, la saison ou l’année de présentation au triage ou selon le niveau de triage ou l’issue (si le patient était oui ou non hospitalisé) n’a pas eu d’effet significatif sur le degré de concordance entre les deux sources. Conclusions : La concordance entre les mentions de l’administration du salbutamol en aérosol-doseur dans les dossiers papier et les registres générés par une armoire de distribution automatisée était considérable, mais des différences ont été observées. Il y a des motifs importants touchant la gestion de la qualité ainsi que les aspects juridiques, cliniques et de recherche qui justifient la concordance de multiples registres servant à consigner l’utilisation des médicaments dans le service de l’urgence. Les données générées par les armoires de distribution automatisée ont une valeur potentielle en recherche, mais leur force et leur faiblesse doivent être comprises.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.042
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.167
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.042
Threshold uncertainty score0.220

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0420.167
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0040.003
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.001
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0010.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.076
GPT teacher head0.424
Teacher spread0.348 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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