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STUDY

Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.

Boockvar KS, Carlson Lacorte H, Giambanco V, Fridman B, Siu A. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:236-243.

STUDY

Acceptance of recommendations by inpatient pharmacy case managers: unintended consequences of hospitalist and specialist care.

Anderegg SV, Demik DE, Carter BL, et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2013;33:11-21.

STUDY

Inter-rater reliability of a classification system for hospital adverse drug event reports.

Haynes K, Hennessy S, Morales KH, et al. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008;83:485-488.

COMMENTARY

Appropriate prescribing of medications: an eight-step approach.

Pollock M, Bazaldua OV, Dobbie AE. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75:231-236, 239-240.

REVIEW

Prescribing safely for children.

Sinha Y, Cranswick NE. J Paediatrics Child Health. 2007;43:112–116.

STUDY

Overnight and postcall errors in medication orders.

Hendey GW, Barth BE, Soliz T. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:629-634.

STUDY

Reliability of the assessment of preventable adverse drug events in daily clinical practice.

van Doormaal JE, Mol PGM, van den Bemt PML, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008;17:645-654.

STUDY

Epidemiology, comparative methods of detection, and preventability of adverse drug events.

Al-Tajir GK, Kelly WN. Ann Pharmacother. 2005;39:1169-1174.

COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

STUDY

Potential utility of data-mining algorithms for early detection of potentially fatal/disabling adverse drug reactions: a retrospective evaluation.

Hauben M, Reich L. J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;45:378-384.

STUDY

Effect of computerisation on the quality and safety of chemotherapy prescription.

Voeffray M, Pannatier A, Stupp R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:418-421.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. February 2007;28:14, 16-18.

STUDY

Why do interns make prescribing errors? A qualitative study.

Coombes ID, Stowasser DA, Coombes JA, Mitchell C. Med J Aust. 2008;188:89-94.

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The impact of abbreviations on patient safety.

Brunetti L, Santell JP, Hicks RW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:576-583.

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Potentially unintended discontinuation of long-term medication use after elective surgical procedures.

Bell CM, Bajcar J, Bierman AS, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2525-2531.

STUDY

Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians.

Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.

STUDY

Assessing the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System—Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project—six sites, United States, January 1–June 15, 2004.

Centers for Disease and Control Prevention. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54:380-383.

STUDY

Effects of an automatic drug dispensing system on medication adverse event occurrences and cost containment at SAMSO.

Dib JG, Abdulmohsin SA, Farooki MU, et al. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1180-1184.

STUDY

Medication prescribing errors involving the route of administration.

Lesar TS. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1053-1066.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

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