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Medication Safety

•Side Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions (39)

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•Specific to High-Risk Drugs (279)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (373)

•Active Errors (307)

•Latent Errors (117)

•Near Miss (29)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (359)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (103)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (375)

•Communication Improvement (457)

•Human Factors Engineering (301)

•Teamwork (56)

•Specialization of Care (117)

•Logistical Approaches (90)

•Culture of Safety (145)

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•Education and Training (267)

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•Allied Health Services (3)

•Medicine (872)

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•Pharmacy (636)

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•Health Care Providers (1192)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (978)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (452)

•Patients (163)

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•Hospitals (746)

•Psychiatric Facilities (5)

•Residential Facilities (40)

•Ambulatory Care (291)

•Outpatient Surgery (8)

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STUDY

Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions.

Davis TC, Federman AD, Bass PF III, et al. J Gen Int Med. 2009;24:57-62.

STUDY

Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension.

Wolf MS, Davis TC, Bass PF, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:50-56.

STUDY

Do medication samples jeopardize patient safety?

Franks AS, Ray SM, Wallace LS, Keenum AJ, Weiss BD. Ann Pharmacother. 2008;43:51-56.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Smetzer JL, Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:869-872.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

STUDY

Using nurses and office staff to report prescribing errors in primary care.

Kennedy AG, Littenberg B, Senders JW. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008;20:238-245.

STUDY

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

STUDY

Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue.

Walley AY, Farrar D, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Samet JH. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1007-1011.

STUDY

An effort to improve electronic health record medication list accuracy between visits: patients' and physicians' response.

Staroselsky M, Volk LA, Tsurikova R, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:153-160.

STUDY

How do physicians conduct medication reviews?

Tarn DM, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Fein S, Wenger NS. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1296-1302.

STUDY

Implementation of a medication reconciliation process in an ambulatory internal medicine clinic.

Nassaralla CL, Naessens JM, Chaudhry R, Hansen MA, Scheitel SM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:90-94.

STUDY

Trends in primary care clinician perceptions of a new electronic health record.

El-Kareh R, Gandhi TK, Poon EG, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:464-468.

STUDY

Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.

Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF III, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:887-94.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation in ambulatory care: attempts at improvement.

Nassaralla CL, Naessens JM, Hunt VL, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:402-407.

STUDY

Implementing medication reconciliation in outpatient pediatrics.

Rappaport DI, Collins B, Koster A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e1600-e1607.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Rx for medication errors.

Friedley NJ. Med Econ. October 17, 2008;85:34-38.

STUDY

Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies.

Bradshaw M, Tomany-Korman S, Flores G. Pediatrics. 2007;120:e225-e235.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

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

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

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