Which system is recommended as a method to address patient safety and reduce errors that occur during the actual administration of medicines?
a.
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
b.
Barcode medication administration (BCMA)
c.
Electronic medication administration record (eMAR)
d.
Electronic prescribing (ePrescribing)
The butterfly effect describes a situation in which a minor change in input (eg, a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world) can have a major effect on output (eg, a windstorm developing in another part of the world). This aspect of chaotic systems illustrates their property of:
a.
the reiterative feedback loop.
b.
linearity.
c.
preordained periodic behavior.
d.
the fractionation of outputs.