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STUDY

Dispensing errors and counseling quality in 100 pharmacies.

Flynn EA, Barker KN, Berger BA, Lloyd KB, Brackett PD. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2009;49:171-180.

STUDY

Ambulatory prescribing errors among community-based providers in two states.

Abramson EL, Bates DW, Jenter C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:644-648.

STUDY

Do remote community telepharmacies have higher medication error rates than traditional community pharmacies? Evidence from the North Dakota Telepharmacy Project.

Friesner DL, Scott DM, Rathke AM, Peterson CD, Anderson HC. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2011;51:580-590.

STUDY

Risk models to improve safety of dispensing high-alert medications in community pharmacies.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL, Westphal JE, Comden SC, Horn DM. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2012;52:584-602.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

System breakdown: 4 med errors, 250 scripts/day.

Mulligan M. Drug Topics. July 1, 2009;153:22-24,26.

STUDY

Electronic prescribing within an electronic health record reduces ambulatory prescribing errors.

Abramson EL, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Kaushal R. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:470-478.

STUDY

Accuracy of computer-generated, Spanish-language medicine labels.

Sharif I, Tse J. Pediatrics. 2010;125:960-965.

STUDY

Dispensing errors in community pharmacy: perceived influence of sociotechnical factors.

Szeinbach S, Seoane-Vazquez E, Parekh A, Herderick M. Int J Qual Health Care. 2007;19:203-09.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pharmacy reform reduces Rx errors: '05 CVS mishap spurred action.

Fargen J. Boston Herald. April 22, 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication mistakes that can kill.

Haiken M. Caring.com. August 17, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"20/20" captures community pharmacy errors, but vision seems to be shortsighted.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 5, 2007;12:1, 3.

STUDY

Dispensing error rate in a highly automated mail-service pharmacy practice.

Teagarden JR, Nagle B, Aubert RE, Wasdyke C, Courtney P, Epstein RS. Pharmacotherapy. 2005;25:1629-1635.

STUDY

Preventing medication errors in community pharmacy: root-cause analysis of transcription errors.

Knudsen P, Herborg H, Mortensen AR, Knudsen M, Hellebek A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:285-290.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation in a community pharmacy setting.

Johnson CM, Marcy TR, Harrison DL, Young RE, Stevens EL, Shadid J. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2010;50:523-526.

BOOK/REPORT

Prescription for Improving Patient Safety: Addressing Medication Errors.

The Medication Errors Panel. Sacramento, CA: California State Senate; March 2007.

STUDY

Prescription for error: process defects in a community retail pharmacy.

Witte D, Dundes L. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:190-194.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Mail service and community pharmacies must work in tandem.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 17, 2005;10:1-3.

STUDY

Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels.

Webb J, Davis TC, Bernadella P, et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2008;72:443-449.

AUDIOVISUAL

Panel Discussion: Error Proofing Your Pharmacy.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Drug Topics; 2007.

STUDY

Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber order entry: effect on dispensing errors in community pharmacies.

Moniz TT, Seger AC, Keohane CA, Seger DL, Bates DW, Rothschild JM. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:158-163.

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