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•Quality Improvement Strategies (74)

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STUDY

Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians.

Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.

STUDY

Medication prescribing errors involving the route of administration.

Lesar TS. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1053-1066.

STUDY

The impact of abbreviations on patient safety.

Brunetti L, Santell JP, Hicks RW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:576-583.

COMMENTARY

Appropriate prescribing of medications: an eight-step approach.

Pollock M, Bazaldua OV, Dobbie AE. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75:231-236, 239-240.

STUDY

Effect of computerisation on the quality and safety of chemotherapy prescription.

Voeffray M, Pannatier A, Stupp R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:418-421.

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Prescribers' responses to alerts during medication ordering in the long term care setting.

Judge J, Field TS, DeFlorio M, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:385-390.

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.

STUDY

Oral chemotherapy safety practices at US cancer centres: questionnaire survey.

Weingart SN, Flug J, Brouillard D, et al. BMJ. 2007;334:407.

STUDY

Potential medication dosing errors in outpatient pediatrics.

McPhillips HA, Stille CJ, Smith D, et al. J Pediatr. 2005;147:761-767.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers."

Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. June 22, 2006:B1.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:725-728.

STUDY

Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized patients: implications for clinical practice and the potential use of healthcare information technology to improve prescribing and patient safety.

Hemstreet BA, Stolpman N, Badesch DB, May SK, McCollum M. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:2449-2455.

STUDY

Medication-error reporting and pharmacy resident experience during implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Weant KA, Cook AM, Armitstead JA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:526-530.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2005;40:556-557.

STUDY

Oral outpatient chemotherapy medication errors in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Taylor JA, Winter L, Geyer LJ, Hawkins DS. Cancer. 2006;107:1400-1406.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Improving the safety of telephone or verbal orders.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2006;3:1-5.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly home care patients in Europe.

Fialová D, Topinková E, Gambassi G, et al. JAMA 2005;293:1348-1358.

STUDY

Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale insulin.

Donihi AC, DiNardo MM, DeVita MA, Korytkowski MT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:89-91.

STUDY

High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process.

Hartel MJ, Staub LP, Röder C, Eggli S. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:199.

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.

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