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Samoy LJ, Zed PJ, Wilbur K, Balen RM, Abu-Laban RB, Roberts M. Pharmacotherapy. 2006;26:1578-1586.

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Medication reconciliation performed by pharmacy technicians at the time of preoperative screening.

van den Bemt PM, van den Broek S, van Nunen AK, Harbers JB, Lenderink AW. Ann Pharmacother. 2009;43:868-874.

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Relating faults in diagnostic reasoning with diagnostic errors and patient harm.

Zwaan L, Thijs A, Wagner C, van der Wal G, Timmermans DR. Acad Med. 2012;87:149-156.

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A prospective, multicenter study of pharmacist activities resulting in medication error interception in the emergency department.

Patanwala AE, Sanders AB, Thomas MC, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:369-373.

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Medication errors with electronic prescribing (eP): two views of the same picture.

Savage I, Cornford T, Klecun E, Barber N, Clifford S, Franklin BD. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:135.

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Medication errors: the impact of prescribing and transcribing errors on preventable harm in hospitalised patients.

van Doormaal JE, van den Bemt PM, Mol PG, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:22-27.

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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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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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Comparison of methods for identifying patients at risk of medication-related harm.

van Doormaal JE, Rommers MK, Kosterink JGW, Teepe-Twiss IM, Haaijer-Ruskamp FM, Mol PGM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e26.

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Patient safety in intensive care: results from the multinational Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) study.

Valentin A, Capuzzo M, Guidet B, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2006;32:1591-1598.

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Effect of bar-code–assisted medication administration on medication administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas.

Helmons PJ, Wargel LN, Daniels CE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1202-1210.

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Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary.

Perren A, Previsdomini M, Cerutti B, Soldini D, Donghi D, Marone C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:205-208.

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Effect of availability bias and reflective reasoning on diagnostic accuracy among internal medicine residents.

Mamede S, van Gog T, van den Berge K, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1198-1203.

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Clinical and safety impact of an inpatient pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service.

Schillig J, Kaatz S, Hudson M, Krol GD, Szandzik EG, Kalus JS. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:322-328.

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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.

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Preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events in hospitalized patients: a prospective chart review in the Netherlands.

Dequito AB, Mol PG, van Doormaal JE, et al. Drug Saf. 2011;34:1089-1100.

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Automated surveillance for adverse drug events at a community hospital and an academic medical center.

Kilbridge PM, Campbell UC, Cozart HB, Mojarrad MG. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:372-377.

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How dangerous is a day in hospital?: A model of adverse events and length of stay for medical inpatients.

Hauck K, Zhao X. Med Care. 2011;49:1068-1075.

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Reliability of the assessment of preventable adverse drug events in daily clinical practice.

van Doormaal JE, Mol PGM, van den Bemt PML, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008;17:645-654.

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Patient risk factors for medical injury: a case–control study.

Marbella AM, Laud PW, Brasel KJ, Layde PM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:187-193.

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