AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Piecing together medication administration.

Anderson HJ. Health Data Manage. May 1, 2009;17:22.

This article discusses efforts to support medicine administration through various information technology techniques. It is second in a three-part series on patient safety and computerization.

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