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STUDY

Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm.

Desai R, Williams CE, Greene SB, Pierson S, Hansen RA. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:413-422.

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Medication error reporting in nursing homes: identifying targets for patient safety improvement.

Greene SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, Carey TS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:218-222.

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Cause and effect analysis of closed claims in obstetrics and gynecology.

White AA, Pichert JW, Bledsoe SH, Irwin C, Entman SS. Obstet Gynecol. 2005;105:1031-1038.

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Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly nursing home residents.

Lau DT, Kasper JD, Potter DE, Lyles A, Bennett RG. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:68-74.

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Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home setting.

Tjia J, Field TS, Mazor KM, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2012;10:323-330.

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Medication reconciliation and hypertension control.

Persell SD, Bailey SC, Tang J, Davis TC, Wolf MS. Am J Med. 2010;123:182.e9-182.e15.

TOOLKIT

A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook.

Waltham, MA: Masspro, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, Massachusetts Extended Care Foundation; 2007.

REVIEW

Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in long-term care facilities: costs and benefits to stakeholders.

Subramanian S, Hoover S, Gilman B, Field TS, Mutter R, Gurwitz JH. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55:1451-1457.

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Team safety and innovation by learning from errors in long-term care settings.

Buljac-Samardžić M, van Woerkom M, Paauwe J. Health Care Manag Rev. 2012;37:280-291.

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Effect of a pharmacist-led multicomponent intervention focusing on the medication monitoring phase to prevent potential adverse drug events in nursing homes.

Lapane KL, Hughes CM, Daiello LA, Cameron KA, Feinberg J. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1238-1245.

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Assessing resident safety culture in nursing homes: using the nursing home survey on resident safety.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Perera S, Ferguson JC, Handler SM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:59-67.

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Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.

Hansen RA, Cornell PY, Ryan PB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Greene SB. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:1087-1094.

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Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.

Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.

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Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

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The impact of computerized provider order entry on medication errors in a multispecialty group practice.

Devine EB, Hansen RN, Wilson-Norton JL, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:78-84.

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Emergency department medication lists are not accurate.

Caglar S, Henneman PL, Blank FS, Smithline HA, Henneman EA. J Emerg Med. 2011;40:613-616.

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Barriers and facilitators to communicating nursing errors in long-term care settings.

Wagner LM, Damianakis T, Pho L, Tourangeau A. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:1-7.

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Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults.

Fick DM, Mion LC, Beers MH, Waller JL. Res Nurs Health. 2008;31:42-51.

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Repeat medication errors in nursing homes: contributing factors and their association with patient harm.

Crespin DJ, Modi AV, Wei D, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:258-270.

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Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions.

Fischer MA, Stedman MR, Lii J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:284-290.

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