Assessing the impact of an educational program on decreasing prescribing errors at a university hospital.

Michael J Peeters; Sharrel L Pinto

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Assessing the impact of an educational program on decreasing prescribing errors at a university hospital.

April 1, 2009

Peeters MJ, Pinto SL. J Hosp Med. 2009;4(2):97-101.

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An educational intervention for internal medicine residents significantly reduced prescribing errors at an academic medical center.

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