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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

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.

STUDY

Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term care facilities in Germany.

Gerber A, Kohaupt I, Lauterbach KW, Buescher G, Stock S, Lungen M. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:212-219.

STUDY

Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Deierborg E, Holmdahl L, Höglund P, Eriksson T. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:840-845.

REVIEW

Care transitions and home health care.

Boling PA. Clin Geriatr Med. 2009;25:135-148.

STUDY

Multidose drug dispensing and discrepancies between medication records.

Wekre LJ, Spigset O, Sletvold O, Sund JK, Grimsmo A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e42.

STUDY

Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Holmdahl L, Eriksson T, et al. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:928-1231.

STUDY

Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

Taylor DM, Robinson J, MacLeod D, MacBean CE, Braitberg G. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2009;33:388-394.

STUDY

Medication discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitions.

Tjia J, Bonner A, Briesacher BA, McGee S, Terrill E, Miller K. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:630-635.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.

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

Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in older hospitalized patients.

Hamilton H, Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, O’Mahony D. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1013-1019.

STUDY

Inappropriate medication in a national sample of US elderly patients receiving home health care.

Bao Y, Shao H, Bishop TF, Schackman BR, Bruce ML. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:304-310.

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

Thirty-day, all-cause readmissions for elderly patients who have an injury-related inpatient stay.

Spector WD, Mutter R, Owens P, Limcangco R. Med Care. 2012;50:863-869.

AWARD RECIPIENT

The MacArthur Fellows Program: Eric Coleman.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. October 3, 2012.

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