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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (44)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (90)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (26)

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•Health Care Providers (123)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (72)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (56)

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STUDY

Development of a core drug list towards improving prescribing education and reducing errors in the UK.

Baker E, Roberts AP, Wilde K, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:190-198.

STUDY

Problems after discharge and understanding of communication with their primary care physicians (PCPs) among hospitalized seniors: a mixed methods study.

Arora VM, Prochaska ML, Farnan JM, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:385-391.

STUDY

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

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Nursing home error and level of staff credentials.

Scott-Cawiezell J, Pepper GA, Madsen RW, Petroski G, Vogelsmeier A, Zellmer D. Clin Nurs Res. 2007;16:72-78.

STUDY

Assessment of a safety enhancement to the hospital medication reconciliation process for elderly patients.

Gizzi LA, Slain D, Hare JT, Sager R, Briggs F 3rd, Palmer CH. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:127-135.

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Incidence, preventability and consequences of adverse events in older people: results of a retrospective case-note review.

Sari AB, Cracknell A, Sheldon TA. Age Ageing. 2008;37:265-269.

COMMENTARY

Mistaken Identity

Hall LW. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

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Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes.

Hastings SN, Barrett A, Weinberger M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:19-25.

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The influence of formulation and medicine delivery system on medication administration errors in care homes for older people.

Alldred DP, Standage C, Fletcher O, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:397-402.

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An observational study of medication administration errors in old-age psychiatric inpatients.

Haw C, Stubbs J, Dickens G. Int J Qual Health Care. 2007;19:210-216.

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Do older patients' perceptions of safety highlight barriers that could make their care safer during organisational care transfers?

Scott J, Dawson P, Jones D. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:112-117.

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Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

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Effects of an enhanced discharge planning intervention for hospitalized older adults: a randomized trial.

Altfeld SJ, Shier GE, Rooney M, et al. Gerontologist. 2012 Sep 7; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: a randomized controlled trial.

Haines TP, Hill A-M, Hill KD, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:516-524.

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Polypharmacy in hospitalized older adult cancer patients: experience from a prospective, observational study of an oncology-acute care for elders unit.

Flood KL, Carroll MB, Le CV, Brown CJ. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2009;7:151-158.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people with dementia in care homes: a retrospective analysis.

Parsons C, Johnston S, Mathie E, et al. Drugs Aging. 2012;29:143-155.

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

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

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

Beating the weekend trend: increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends.

Schneider EB, Hirani SA, Hambridge HL, et al. J Surg Res. 2012;177:295-300.

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