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REVIEW

Effect of clinical pharmacists on care in the emergency department: a systematic review.

Cohen V, Jellinek SP, Hatch A, Motov S. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1353-1361.

STUDY

Improving medication safety with accurate preadmission medication lists and postdischarge education.

Gardella JE, Cardwell TB, Nnadi M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:452-458.

STUDY

On-site pharmacists in the ED improve medical errors.

Ernst AA, Weiss SJ, Sullivan A IV, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30:717-725.

STUDY

The effect on medication errors of pharmacists charting medication in an emergency department.

Vasileff HM, Whitten LE, Pink JA, Goldsworthy SJ, Angley MT. Pharm World Sci. 2009;31:373-379.

STUDY

Pharmacist- versus physician-acquired medication history: a prospective study at the emergency department.

De Winter S, Spriet I, Indevuyst C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:371-375.

STUDY

Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists.

Rothschild JM, Churchill W, Erickson A, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:513-521.

STUDY

Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department.

Brown JN, Barnes CL, Beasley B, Cisneros R, Pound M, Herring C. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:330-333.

COMMENTARY

Evidence shows cost and patient safety benefits of emergency pharmacists.

Clancy CM. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:231-233.

STUDY

Pediatric patient safety in emergency departments: unit characteristics and staff perceptions.

Shaw KN, Ruddy RM, Olsen CS, et al; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Pediatrics. 2009;124:485-493.

BOOK/REPORT

Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

COMMENTARY

Caution, Interrupted.

Wears RL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

STUDY

Medical and nursing staff highly value clinical pharmacists in the emergency department.

Fairbanks RJ, Hildebrand JM, Kolstee KE, Schneider SM, Shah MN. Emerg Med J. 2007;24:716-719.

STUDY

Severity and probability of harm of medication errors intercepted by an emergency department pharmacist.

Patanwala AE, Hays DP, Sanders AB, Erstad BL. Int J Pharm Pract. 2011;19:358-362.

STUDY

Variation in medication information for elderly patients during initial interventions by emergency department physicians.

Cohen V, Jellinek SP, Likourezos A, Nemeth I, Paul T, Murphy D. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:60-64.

STUDY

Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting in an emergency department.

Weant KA, Humphries RL, Hite K, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:1851-1855.

STUDY

Medical reconciliation in patients discharged from the emergency department.

Sharma AN, Dvorkin R, Tucker V, Margulies J, Yens D, Rosalia A Jr. J Emerg Med. 2012;43:366-373.

STUDY

Formal medicine reconciliation within the emergency department reduces the medication error rates for emergency admissions.

Mills PR, McGuffie AC. Emerg Med J. 2010;27:911-915.

STUDY

Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?

Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.

STUDY

A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department.

Patanwala AE, Sanders AB, Thomas MC, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:369-373.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors in the emergency department: need for pharmacy involvement?

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2011;8:1-7.

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