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AUDIOVISUAL

Panel Discussion: Error Proofing Your Pharmacy.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Drug Topics; 2007.

STUDY

Medication safety in older adults: home-based practice patterns.

Metlay JP, Cohen A, Polsky D, Kimmel SE, Koppel R, Hennessy S. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53:976-982.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Buying the wrong medicine overseas.

Chase M. Wall Street Journal. August 16, 2005:D1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication mistakes that can kill.

Haiken M. Caring.com. August 17, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Your attention please... designing effective warnings.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 24, 2006;11:1-3.

STUDY

Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels.

Webb J, Davis TC, Bernadella P, et al. Patient Educ Couns. 2008;72:443-449.

COMMENTARY

Why the nation needs a policy push on patient-centered health care.

Epstein RM, Fiscella K, Lesser CS, Stange KC. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:1489-1495.

COMMENTARY

Developing a medication patient safety program, part 2: process and implementation.

Mark SM, Weber RJ. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:249–254.

STUDY

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Pharmacy Practice News. October 2011:7-14.

COMMENTARY

Undiagnosed Vaginal Bleeding.

Mandelblatt J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

COMMENTARY

Can you prevent adverse drug events after hospital discharge?

Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2006;174:921-922.

COMMENTARY

What 'patient-centered' should mean: confessions of an extremist.

Berwick DM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009;28:w555-w565.

STUDY

A comprehensive pharmacist intervention to reduce morbidity in patients 80 years or older: a randomized controlled trial.

Gillespie U, Alassaad A, Henrohn D, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:894-900.

COMMENTARY

Failure to Latch

Rodriguez M., Mannel R., Frye D. MN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Consumer Leaflets with Safety Tips.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

USA Today news series: clarifying the issues and embracing community pharmacy safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 28, 2008;13:1-2.

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

Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.

Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Reducing patient harm from opiates.

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

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