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•Asia (2)

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•Book/Report (1)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (17)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (11)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (1)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (14)

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•Specialization of Care (6)

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•Medicine (33)

•Pharmacy (23)

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•Health Care Providers (45)

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•Non-Health Care Professionals (9)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (31)

•Residential Facilities (2)

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STUDY

Potential for drug interactions in hospitalized cancer patients.

Riechelmann RP, Moreira F, Smaletz O, Saad ED. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2005;56:286-290.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors associated with documented allergies.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2008;5:75-80.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in acute care: ensuring an accurate drug regimen on admission and discharge.

Rodehaver C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:406-413.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Multiple latent failures align to allow a serious drug interaction to harm a patient.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 5, 2011;16:1-3.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:463-464.

COMMENTARY

Minimizing inappropriate medications in older populations: a ten-step conceptual framework.

Scott IA, Gray LC, Martin JH, Mitchell CA. Am J Med. 2012;125:529-537.e4.

STUDY

The use of pharmaceuticals for dialysis patients. How well do we know our patients' allergies?

Bhandari S, Armitage J, Chintu M, Chinnappa S, Kendrew P. J Ren Care. 2008;34:213-217.

COMMENTARY

Antiseizure Medication Disorder

Alldredge BK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

COMMENTARY

Poor medication history plus slow symptom onset delays a diagnosis.

Wilkin T, Hale LS, Claiborne RA. JAAPA. October 2009;22:39-41.

COMMENTARY

Bowel Prep.

Nelson DB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

COMMENTARY

Internally-developed online adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting systems.

Smith KM, Trapskin PJ, Empey PE, Hecht KA, Armitstead JA. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:428-436.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Medical error.

Wikipedia.

STUDY

Lack of awareness of community-acquired adverse drug reactions upon hospital admission: dimensions and consequences of a dilemma.

Dormann H, Criegee-Rieck M, Neubert A, et al. Drug Saf. 2004;26:353-362.

STUDY

Impact of a standard medication chart on prescribing errors: a before-and-after audit.

Coombes ID, Stowasser DA, Reid C, Mitchell CA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:478-485.

STUDY

Potential safety gaps in order entry and automated drug alerts: a nationwide survey of VA physician self-reported practices with computerized order entry.

Spina JR, Glassman PA, Simon B, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:904-910.

STUDY

Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Lazarou J, Pomeranz BH, Corey PN. JAMA. 1998;279:1200-1205

STUDY

Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients.

Riechelmann RP, Tannock IF, Wang L, Saad ED, Taback NA, Krzyzanowska MK. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:592-600.

DATABASE/DIRECTORY

MEDMARX®.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; 2011.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in hospitalized cardiac patients.

Fanikos J, Cina JL, Baroletti S, Fiumara K, Matta L, Goldhaber SZ. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100:1465-1469.

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.

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