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Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.
Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

The authors reviewed discharge medication records for elderly patients to assess documentation problems leading to medication errors. They conclude that communication at discharge needs to be improved, along with system changes to support the adoption of new practices.
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