ReviewCureus2023
The Impact of Smart Pump Technology in the Healthcare System: A Scope Review.
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions Implemented by Nurses to Reduce Medication Administration Errors in Hospitalised Acute Adult Patient Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Current status and future outlook of artificial intelligence and automation in intravenous infusion systems.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Review
- Benchmarking Drug Library Compliance and Alert Rates in Smart Infusion Pumps: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Theoretical applications of artificial intelligence in smart infusion pump technology: Expert panel insights.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2026Article
- Physical compatibility of omadacycline with intravenous agents used in the treatment of Mycobacteroides abscessus pulmonary disease.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2026Article
- Harm to Children from Prescribing and Administration Errors in Acute Care: A Multidisciplinary Panel Assessment.Drug safety · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of Medication Errors in Indian Hospital Settings: A Systematic Literature Review.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions for the Integration of Automation in Nursing Practice: Discursive Study.JMIR nursing · 2025Review
- Confidence in Medical Device Calibration Knowledge and Skills Among Healthcare Professionals in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Monitoring smart infusion pumps in adult intensive care units.Revista CuidarteArticle
- Exploring the advancements of Australian OPAT.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseReview
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Smart infusion pump technology prevents errors caused by parenteral therapy. This paper aims to review the recent literature about smart pump uses, cases and adverse events, and strategies to minimize these disadvantages. Literature was explored from January 2000 to November 2021 using Google Scholar, PubMed, and ScienceDirect. There were assessments of the advantages and adverse effects of using smart pumps and strategies to overcome the adverse effects of smart pumps. The advantage of using smart pumps is that they decrease errors like incorrect rate and dose. Other benefits include a decrease in medication event rates and the ability to connect smart pumps to home health providers. However, compliance rates were negatively influenced by improper smart pumps and the overriding of soft alerts, which can cause alert fatigue and drug library update delays. Recent studies have tried to address the negative issues by improving drug library compliance and decreasing alerts to avoid alert desensitization. The investigations revealed that the smart pumps reduced errors but would only prevent some programming errors. Compliance with utilizing smart pump technology is critical in stopping medication errors. Opportunities for future improvement are broad, including integrating a smart pump infusion with the hospital system, implementing auto programming, and designing smart pump devices to be lighter, smaller, and more portable instead of the heavy, large smart pump used by most hospitals today.
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