Adoption of technology to improve medication safety: perspectives of pharmacy directors.

Beth E Bussard; Ann Scheck McAlearney; Craig A Pedersen; Philip J Schneider

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Adoption of technology to improve medication safety: perspectives of pharmacy directors.

January 10, 2007

Bussard BE, McAlearney AS, Pedersen CA, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;2(4).

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The authors used a component of Rogers' diffusion of innovations model to explore pharmacy directors' perceptions of the adoption and implementation of medication safety technologies.

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