AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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General Internal Medicine

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STUDY

In-home medication reviews: a novel approach to improving patient care through coordination of care.

Willis JS, Hoy RH, Jenkins WD. J Community Health. 2011;36:1027-1031.

STUDY

Improving medication reconciliation in the outpatient setting.

Varkey P, Cunningham J, Bisping S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:286-292.

STUDY

A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs.

Phillips DP, Barker GEC, Eguchi MM. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1561-1566.

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A pharmacist-led information technology intervention for medication errors (PINCER): a multicentre, cluster randomised, controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Avery AJ, Rodgers S, Cantrill JA, et al. Lancet. 2012;379:1310-1319.

AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

Medication error death rate up 500 percent.

Spiesel S, Chadwick A. "Day to Day." National Public Radio. August 27, 2008.

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Usability of a computerised drug monitoring programme to detect adverse drug events and non-compliance in outpatient ambulatory care.

Auger C, Forster AJ, Oake N, Tamblyn R. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:306-316.

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Identifying discrepancies in electronic medical records through pharmacist medication reconciliation.

Stewart AL, Lynch KJ. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2012;52:59-66.

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Bayesian cohort and cross-sectional analyses of the PINCER trial: a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce medication errors in primary care.

Hemming K, Chilton PJ, Lilford RJ, Avery A, Sheikh A. PLoS ONE. 2012;7:e38306.

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Patient safety perceptions of primary care providers after implementation of an electronic medical record system.

McGuire MJ, Noronha G, Samal L, Yeh HC, Crocetti S, Kravet S. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28:184-192.

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Electronic medical record availability and primary care depression treatment.

Harman JS, Rost KM, Harle CA, Cook RL. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:962-967.

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Signal and noise: applying a laboratory trigger tool to identify adverse drug events among primary care patients.

Brenner S, Detz A, López A, Horton C, Sarkar U. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:670-675.

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Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adults.

Field TS, Mazor KM, Briesacher B, Debellis KR, Gurwitz JH. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55:271-276.

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Implementing medication reconciliation in outpatient pediatrics.

Rappaport DI, Collins B, Koster A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e1600-e1607.

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Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1123-1129.

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Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.

Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF III, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:887-94.

STUDY

Development of a tool within the electronic medical record to facilitate medication reconciliation after hospital discharge.

Schnipper JL, Liang CL, Hamann C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:309-313.

STUDY

Emergency department visits for antibiotic-associated adverse events.

Shehab N, Patel PR, Srinivasan A, Budnitz DS. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47:735-743.

STUDY

Retail pharmacy staff perceptions of design strengths and weaknesses of electronic prescribing.

Odukoya O, Chui MA. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:1059-1065.

STUDY

Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.

Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.

REVIEW

E-prescribing: a focused review and new approach to addressing safety in pharmacies and primary care.

Odukoya OK, Chui MA. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2012 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

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