Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes.

Jill Scott-Cawiezell; Richard W. Madsen; Ginette A. Pepper; Amy Vogelsmeier; Greg Petroski; Dave Zellmer

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Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes.

January 14, 2009

Scott-Cawiezell J, Madsen RW, Pepper GA, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35(1):29-35.

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Electronic medication administration records (eMARs) are one technology solution being applied to reduce the potential for medication errors. This AHRQ-funded study provides detailed descriptions and learnings from a quality improvement effort to implement eMARs in five nursing home facilities.

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