Ambulatory medication safety in primary care: a systematic review.
Young RA, Fulda KG, Espinoza A, et al. Ambulatory medication safety in primary care: a systematic review. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022;35(3):610-628. doi:10.3122/jabfm.2022.03.210334.
Identifying barriers and facilitators of medication safety is a patient safety research priority. In this systematic review characterizing the research on medication safety in primary care, researchers found that the majority of studies focused on high-risk populations (such as older adults with polypharmacy) and measured potential harms (such as potentially inappropriate prescribing or potential prescribing omissions) rather than actual harms.