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Addressing delays in medication administration for patients transferred from the hospital to the nursing home: a pilot quality improvement project.
Ward KT, Bates-Jensen B, Eslami MS, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2008;6:205-211.

A quality improvement intervention failed to reduce medication errors associated with transferring patients from hospital to nursing facilities.
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