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Medication Safety

•Side Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions (18)

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•Specific to High-Risk Drugs (76)

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•Asia (8)

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•Special or Theme Issue (11)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (146)

•Active Errors (83)

•Latent Errors (30)

•Near Miss (9)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (146)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (38)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (122)

•Communication Improvement (191)

•Human Factors Engineering (93)

•Teamwork (27)

•Specialization of Care (141)

•Logistical Approaches (35)

•Culture of Safety (54)

•Technologic Approaches (216)

•Education and Training (97)

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•Medicine (312)

•Nursing (33)

•Pharmacy (361)

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•Health Care Providers (482)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (445)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (168)

•Patients (38)

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•Hospitals (402)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (69)

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REVIEW

Effect of clinical pharmacists on care in the emergency department: a systematic review.

Cohen V, Jellinek SP, Hatch A, Motov S. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1353-1361.

COMMENTARY

Pharmacist involvement in a rapid-response team at a community hospital.

Cooper BE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:694, 697-698.

STUDY

Improving medication safety with accurate preadmission medication lists and postdischarge education.

Gardella JE, Cardwell TB, Nnadi M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:452-458.

STUDY

On-site pharmacists in the ED improve medical errors.

Ernst AA, Weiss SJ, Sullivan A IV, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30:717-725.

STUDY

The effect on medication errors of pharmacists charting medication in an emergency department.

Vasileff HM, Whitten LE, Pink JA, Goldsworthy SJ, Angley MT. Pharm World Sci. 2009;31:373-379.

STUDY

Pharmacist- versus physician-acquired medication history: a prospective study at the emergency department.

De Winter S, Spriet I, Indevuyst C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:371-375.

STUDY

Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists.

Rothschild JM, Churchill W, Erickson A, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:513-521.

COMMENTARY

Developing a medication patient safety program, part 2: process and implementation.

Mark SM, Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:249–254.

COMMENTARY

Developing a medication patient safety program — infrastructure and strategy.

Mark SM, Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:149-156.

COMMENTARY

Evidence shows cost and patient safety benefits of emergency pharmacists.

Clancy CM. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:231-233.

STUDY

The uptake of technologies designed to influence medication safety in Canadian hospitals.

Saginur M, Graham ID, Forster AJ, Boucher M, Wells GA. J Eval Clin Pract. 2008;14:27-35.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ASHP Statement on the Role of the Medication Safety Leader.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:448-552.

STUDY

Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department.

Brown JN, Barnes CL, Beasley B, Cisneros R, Pound M, Herring C. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:330-333.

BOOK/REPORT

Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

STUDY

Assessing the anticipated consequences of computer-based provider order entry at three community hospitals using an open-ended, semi-structured survey instrument.

Sittig DF, Ash JS, Guappone KP, Campbell EM, Dykstra RH. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:440-447.

STUDY

Cost implications of actual and potential adverse events prevented by interventions of a critical care pharmacist.

Kopp BJ, Mrsan M, Erstad BL, Duby JJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:2483-2487.

COMMENTARY

Caution, Interrupted.

Wears RL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

STUDY

Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation.

Kramer JS, Hopkins PJ, Rosendale JC, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:404-422.

STUDY

Improving medication management for patients: the effect of a pharmacist on post-admission ward rounds.

Fertleman M, Barnett N, Patel T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:207-211.

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