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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.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation: barriers and facilitators from the perspectives of resident physicians and pharmacists.

Boockvar KS, Santos SL, Kushniruk A, Johnson C, Nebeker JR. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:329-337.

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Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

Redwood S, Rajakumar A, Hodson J, Coleman JJ. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:29.

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Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge: evaluating discrepancies.

Wong JD, Bajcar JM, Wong GG, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2008;42:1373-1379.

STUDY

Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

STUDY

Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation.

White CM, Schoettker PJ, Conway PH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:372-380.

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Electronic health records and adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Livote EE, Goldstein N, Nebeker JR, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e16.

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Effect of admission medication reconciliation on adverse drug events from admission medication changes.

Boockvar KS, Blum S, Kugler A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:860-861.

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Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system.

Mille F, Schwartz C, Brion F, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008 Dec; 20:400-5.

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Hospital admission medication reconciliation in medically complex children: an observational study.

Stone BL, Boehme S, Mundorff MB, Maloney CG, Srivastava R. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:250-255.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

STUDY

Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

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Does user-centred design affect the efficiency, usability and safety of CPOE order sets?

Chan J, Shojania KG, Easty AC, Etchells EE. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:276-281.

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Impact of a pharmacist-facilitated hospital discharge program: a quasi-experimental study.

Walker PC, Bernstein SJ, Tucker Jones JN, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:2003-2010.

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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a specialized pharmacy team to monitor high-risk medications during discharge.

Martin ES III, Overstreet RL, Jackson-Khalil LR, McCollough HL, Meyer TA, Xu Q. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:18-21.

BOOK/REPORT

Saving Lives, Saving Money: The Imperative for Computerized Physician Order Entry in Massachusetts Hospitals.

Adams M, Bates D, Coffman G, Everett W. Westborough, MA: Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and New England Healthcare Institute; 2008.

STUDY

Parenteral nutrition prescribing processes using computerized prescriber order entry: opportunities to improve safety.

Hilmas E, Peoples JD. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012;36(suppl 2):32S-35S.

STUDY

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Longhurst CA, Parast L, Sandborg CI, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:14-21.

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Effect of patient- and medication-related factors on inpatient medication reconciliation errors.

Salanitro AH, Osborn CY, Schnipper JL, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:924-932.

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