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STUDY

Effect of a pharmacist-led multicomponent intervention focusing on the medication monitoring phase to prevent potential adverse drug events in nursing homes.

Lapane KL, Hughes CM, Daiello LA, Cameron KA, Feinberg J. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1238-1245.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety still compromised by computer weaknesses.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 25, 2005;10:1-3.

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

The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Smith DH, Perrin N, Feldstein A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1098-1104.

STUDY

Time-dependent drug–drug interaction alerts in care provider order entry: software may inhibit medication error reductions.

van der Sijs H, Lammers L, van den Tweel A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:864-868.

BOOK/REPORT

The Prescription Infrastructre: Are We Ready for ePrescribing?

Sarasohn-Kahn J, Holt M. Oakland, CA: California Healthcare Foundation; 2006. ISBN: 1933795026.

STUDY

Electronic prescribing in an ambulatory care setting: a cluster randomized trial.

Dainty KN, Adhikari NK, Kiss A, Quan S, Zwarenstein M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:761-767.

STUDY

Complexity of medication-related verbal orders.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Groath D, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:7-17.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2006.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Loes JL, O'Brien J, Sperry L. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:2052-2057.

STUDY

Impact of health information technology on detection of potential adverse drug events at the ordering stage.

Roberts LL, Ward MM, Brokel JM, Wakefield DS, Crandall DK, Conlon P. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:1838-1846.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: an 11-year national analysis.

Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW, Valim C, Mandl KD. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:901-910.

STUDY

Medication errors: a prospective cohort study of hand-written and computerised physician order entry in the intensive care unit.

Shulman R, Singer M, Goldstone J, Bellingan G. Crit Care. 2005;9:R516-R521.

COMMENTARY

Medication Reconciliation Victory after an Avoidable Error

Cutler TW. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

STUDY

The influence that electronic prescribing has on medication errors and preventable adverse drug events: an interrupted time-series study.

van Doormaal JE, van den Bemt PMLA, Zaal RJ, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:816-825.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Supplementary Advisory: Results of the PA-PSRS Workgroup on Pharmacy Computer System Safety.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. May 2007;4(suppl 2):1-8.

STUDY

Medication errors resulting from computer entry by nonprescribers.

Santell JP, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ, Hicks RW, Sirio CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:843-853.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Irked by drug-interaction alerts? Customize them, experts advise.

Dowhower Karpa K. Drug Topics [serial online]. April 17, 2006.

STUDY

Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting.

Tjia J, Field TS, Garber LD, et al. Am J Manag Care. 2010;16:489-496.

STUDY

Consistency between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults.

Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010;48:68-71.

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