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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

Effect of medication reconciliation at hospital admission on medication discrepancies during hospitalization and at discharge for geriatric patients.

Cornu P, Steurbaut S, Leysen T, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:484-494.

REVIEW

Garcia-Caballos M, Ramos-Diaz F, Jimenez-Moleon JJ, Bueno-Cavanillas A. Age Ageing. 2010;39:430-438.

STUDY

Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study.

Alassaad A, Gillespie U, Bertilsson M, Melhus H, Hammarlund-Udenaes M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19:185-191.

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.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey results: community liaison programs to decrease hospital readmissions.

ISMP Medication Safey Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 7, 2013;18:1-3.

STUDY

Developing a programme for medication reconciliation at the time of admission into hospital.

Manzorro AG, Zoni AC, Rieiro CR, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2011;33:603-609.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

STUDY

Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator in a resident team.

Finn KM, Heffner R, Chang Y, et al. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:494-500.

STUDY

The incidence of adverse events in Swedish hospitals: a retrospective medical record review study.

Soop M, Fryksmark U, Koster M, Haglund B. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:285-291.

STUDY

Reported medication errors after introducing an electronic medication management system.

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

REVIEW

The efficacy of computer-enabled discharge communication interventions: a systematic review.

Motamedi SM, Posadas-Calleja J, Straus S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:403-415.

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.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in the hospital: what, why, where, when, who and how?

Fernandes O, Shojania KG. Healthc Q. 2012;15:42-49.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation accuracy and patient understanding of intended medication changes on hospital discharge.

Ziaeian B, Araujo KLB, Van Ness PH, Horwitz LI. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:1513-1520.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: when pharmacy is closed.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2012;9:11-17.

STUDY

Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service.

Climente-Martí M, García-Mañón ER, Artero-Mora AA, Jiménez-Torres NV. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1747-1754.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

STUDY

Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.

Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.

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