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Health Care Executives and Administrators

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STUDY

The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, Höglund P, Rickhag E, Eriksson T. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:113-119.

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.

REVIEW

Hospital-based medication reconciliation practices: a systematic review.

Mueller SK, Sponsler KC, Kripalani S, Schnipper JL. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1057-1069.

STUDY

Reported medication errors after introducing an electronic medication management system.

Redley B, Botti M. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22:579-589.

STUDY

Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States.

Aiken LH, Sermeus W, Van den Heede K, et al. BMJ. 2012;344:e1717.

STUDY

Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors.

Hellström LM, Bondesson A, Höglund P, Eriksson T. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2012;12:9.

REVIEW

Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Kwan JL, Lo L, Sampson M, Shojania KG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):397-403.

STUDY

Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis to reduce medication errors in the process of drug prescription, validation and dispensing in hospitalised patients.

Vélez-Díaz-Pallarés M, Delgado-Silveira E, Carretero-Accame ME, Bermejo-Vicedo T. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:42-52.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.

STUDY

Frequency, types, and potential clinical significance of medication-dispensing errors.

Bohand X, Simon L, Perrier E, Mullot H, Lefeuvre L, Plotton C. Clinics. 2009;64:11-16.

COMMENTARY

Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care.

MacLaurin A, McConnell H. J Safety Res. 2011;42:525-535.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; November 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00090.

STUDY

Recognition of adverse drug events in older hospitalized medical patients.

Klopotowska JE, Wierenga PC, Smorenburg SM, et al; WINGS study group. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;69:75-85.

STUDY

Reporting trends in a regional medication error data-sharing system.

Anderson JG, Ramanujam R, Hensel DJ, Sirio CA. Health Care Manag Sci. 2010;13:74-83.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Using clinical decision support to improve medication reconciliation.

Moore G. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. November/December 2006;3:28-30, 32-33.

STUDY

Medication details documented on hospital discharge: cross-sectional observational study of factors associated with medication non-reconciliation.

Grimes TC, Duggan CA, Delaney TP, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:449-457.

STUDY

Factors associated with reported preventable adverse drug events: a retrospective, case-control study.

Beckett RD, Sheehan AH, Reddan JG. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:634-641.

BOOK/REPORT

IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

National Diabetes Inpatient Audit 2011.

Leeds, UK: Health and Social Care Information Centre; 2012.

STUDY

Variation in safety culture dimensions within and between US and Swiss Hospital units: an exploratory study.

Schwendimann R, Zimmermann N, Küng K, Ausserhofer D, Sexton B. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:32-41.

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