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Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions.

February 6, 2019

Xiao Y, Abebe E, Gurses AP. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2019;24(1):30-36.

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This commentary describes the application of a work system model to discharge transitions as a communication improvement strategy. The authors suggest that human factors approaches be applied to identify potential postdischarge medication safety issues.

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