Development and exploratory analysis of software to detect look-alike, sound-alike medicine names

Background: ‘Look-alike, sound-alike’ (LASA) medicines may be confused by prescribers, pharmacists, nurses and patients, with serious consequences for patient safety. The current research aimed to develop and trial software to proactively identify LASA medicines by computing medicine name similarity...

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Main Authors: Emmerton, Lynne, Curtain, C., Swaminathan, G., Dowling, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78447