Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors.

Lina M. Hellström; Åsa Bondesson; Peter Höglund; Tommy Eriksson

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Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors.

June 20, 2012

Hellström LM, Bondesson Å, Höglund P, et al. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2012;12(9):9.

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Clinical pharmacists improved medication reconciliation by more accurately identifying medication errors at admission, in this sample of elderly patients admitted to a Swedish hospital.

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