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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The consumer: and now, a warning about labels.

Franklin D. New York Times. October 25, 2005:F1.

STUDY

Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.

Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How two rights can make a wrong.

Markel H. New York Times. February 25, 2007;4:5.

COMMENTARY

Appropriate prescribing of medications: an eight-step approach.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

For non-English speakers, drug label instructions can be lost in translation.

Mitka M. JAMA. 2007;297:2575-2577.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Coleman EA, Parry C, Chalmers S, Min SJ. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1822-1828.

STUDY

Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation.

Kramer JS, Hopkins PJ, Rosendale JC, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:404-422.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

To protect against drug errors, ask questions.

Brody JE. New York Times. January 2, 2007:F7.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"20/20" captures community pharmacy errors, but vision seems to be shortsighted.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 5, 2007;12:1, 3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

System breakdown: 4 med errors, 250 scripts/day.

Mulligan M. Drug Topics. July 1, 2009;153:22-24,26.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Safety warnings regarding use of fentanyl transdermal (skin) patches.

FDA Public Health Advisory. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; December 21, 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Reducing patient harm from opiates.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 22, 2007;12:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

What drugs do you take? Hospitals seek to collect better data and prevent errors.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). May 23, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-Gazette.com]

STUDY

Parents as partners in obtaining the medication history.

Porter SC, Kohane IS, Goldmann DA. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:299-305.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

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

STUDY

Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies.

Bradshaw M, Tomany-Korman S, Flores G. Pediatrics. 2007;120:e225-e235.

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