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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Reduce readmissions with pharmacy programs that focus on transitions from the hospital to the community.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 15, 2012;17:1-3.
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.
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Drug errors and related interventions reported by United States clinical pharmacists: The American College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network medication error detection, amelioration and prevention study.
Kuo GM, Touchette DR, Marinac JS; American College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network Collaborative. Pharmacotherapy. 2013;33:253-265.
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Differences in medication errors between central and remote site telepharmacies.
Scott DM, Friesner DL, Rathke AM, Peterson CD, Anderson HC. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2012;52:e97-e104.
BOOK/REPORT
Prescription for Improving Patient Safety: Addressing Medication Errors.
The Medication Errors Panel. Sacramento, CA: California State Senate; March 2007.
AUDIOVISUAL
Panel Discussion: Error Proofing Your Pharmacy.
Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Drug Topics; 2007.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Rx for errors: speed, high volume can trigger mistakes.
McCoy K, Brady E. USA Today. February 11, 2008:A1.
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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.
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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.
BOOK/REPORT
Medmarx Data Report: A Chartbook of Medication Error Findings from the Perioperative Settings from 1998-2005.
Rockville, MD: United States Pharmacopeia; 2007.
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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.
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Implementation of medication error reporting through Med Safe Tool: the clinical pharmacists and the inpatient nursing staff collaborative approach.
Elnour AA, Ellahham NH, Al Qassas HI. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:177-183.
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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.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Pharmacy reform reduces Rx errors: '05 CVS mishap spurred action.
Fargen J. Boston Herald. April 22, 2007.
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Medication error prevention by pharmacists.
Blum KV, Abel SR, Urbanski CJ, Pierce JM. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1988;45:1902-1903.
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Usability of a computerised drug monitoring programme to detect adverse drug events and non-compliance in outpatient ambulatory care.
Auger C, Forster AJ, Oake N, Tamblyn R. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:306-316.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Make no mistake about it: chain pharmacies are finding innovative ways to combat medication errors.
Levy S. Drug Topics. July 9, 2007.
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Bayesian cohort and cross-sectional analyses of the PINCER trial: a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce medication errors in primary care.
Hemming K, Chilton PJ, Lilford RJ, Avery A, Sheikh A. PLoS ONE. 2012;7:e38306.
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Impact of a pharmacist on medication reconciliation on patient admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Strunk LB, Matson AW, Steinke D. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:643-649.
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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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