Medication Errors and Electronic Prescription

- Hi this is a big assignment and it\'s 40% of my final grade for this class! So this MUST be WELL DONE! I will be giving you all the instructions on how to do it.
- This paper will be entered to \"Turn It IN\" software and can\'t be similar to any online material!
- I got all the articles and most of the research for you. I also will send you a page where you can find the references there
- This paper must be 5 pages (excluding title page and reference page). The whole content in 4 pages (no more than 4 pages for the content), and the Abstract in one page, for a total of 5 pages
- Criteria to follow:
Abstract, Introduction/summary, Solution, Advertisement (optional), Conclusion, References
- I will upload the TEMPLATE SAMPLE for this assignment. Must follow
- APA needs to be perfect (one of the grading criteria
- Please help me to get an A on this assignment. I am giving you all the tools to write a great paper! This is a very important assignment

***TEMPLATE SAMPLE FOR PAPER***
Abstract (on one page)
The abstract is a brief, one paragraph comprehensive summary of what the reader will read in the proceeding pages. The abstract reflects the purpose and content of the paper.
Introduction
Provide a brief, concise summary of what the paper will address.
*Medication errors
Leading to preventable adverse events
Include statistics from credible Websites (ending on .org) for example: statistics about ER visits, adverse drug events, deaths from medication errors.
And part of the solution (electronic prescribing)
Background/ Problems
Describe a system of information technology in need of a solution. Describe why improvement is needed, support with evidence from scholarly resources.
*Medication errors and adverse drug events in the US. We can probably include inpatient and outpatient. Still many practices and doctors using paper hand writing prescriptions. These prescriptions are not legible all the time, and patients are getting the wrong medication or dose (there are many drugs that are spelled similar).
- Describe what is not working and why is this a concern to the health care industry. Support this with evidence from scholarly resources.
- Hand writing prescriptions leading to medication errors, preventable adverse drug events and increasing health care cost (D/t all the ER visits, admissions and deaths)
Solution
Propose a particular solution to the problem you have identified in the above section. Support your choice by scholarly resources.
Propose the solution to the problem with evidence. why electronic prescription is the solution to reduce medication errors, prevent preventable adverse drug events.
Conclusion
Summary of the main points of your paper. There should be no new information in the conclusion but a summary of the information stated previously.
There should be no references here! Because we shouldn’t be introducing any new information here.
The conclusion is a summary of the background/problem and the solution in one concise paragraph
References
10 references from scholarly resources are required for this assignment
Need to provide doi # OR where the information was retrieved

- I also will be uploading some brainstorming that I did and a page with Websites we can use for statistics
- PLEASE, let me know if have any questions
- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!