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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

Perry LE. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Using medication reconciliation to prevent errors.

Sentinel Event Alert. January 25, 2006;(35):1-4.

BOOK/REPORT

Guiding Principles to Achieve Continuity in Medication Management.

Canberra, Australia: Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council; July 2005. ISBN: 0642825971.

STUDY

Reconciling medications at admission: safe practice recommendations and implementation strategies.

Rogers G, Alper E, Brunelle D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:37-50.

COMMENTARY

Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives.

Leape LL, Rogers G, Hanna D, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:289-295.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1148-1151.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Common cause analysis.

Clapper C, Crea K. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2010;7:30-35.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

"Save Lives Now" project.

Hospitals and Health Networks.

STUDY

National Quality Forum 30 safe practices: priority and progress in Iowa hospitals.

Ward MM, Evans TC, Spies AJ, Roberts LL, Wakefield DS. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21:101-108.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Accuracy at every step: the challenge of medication reconciliation.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web site. March 20, 2006.

STUDY

Reconciliation failures lead to medication errors.

Santell JP. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:225-229.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

COMMENTARY

Language Barrier

Flores G. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO views medication reconciliation as adverse-event prevention.

Thompson CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:1528-1532.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A clinical reminder about the safe use of insulin vials.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 21, 2013;18:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT

Pharmacist Staffing and the Use of Technology in Small Rural Hospitals: Implications for Medication Safety.

Casey MM, Moscovice I, Davidson G. Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center; December 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

BBC News 'wrong guy' is revealed.

BBC News. May 16, 2006.

STUDY

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing—2007.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:827-843.

COMMENTARY

Transfer of accountability: transforming shift handover to enhance patient safety.

Alvarado K, Lee R, Christoffersen E, et al. Healthc Q. 2006;9(special issue):75-79.

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