Evaluating the impact of a pharmacist-led prescribing feedback intervention on prescribing errors in a hospital setting.

M. Lloyd; S.D Watmough; S.V O'Brien; K. Hardy; N. Furlong

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Evaluating the impact of a pharmacist-led prescribing feedback intervention on prescribing errors in a hospital setting.

March 3, 2021

Lloyd M, Watmough SD, O'Brien SV, et al. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021;17(9):1579-1587.

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Pharmacists play a critical role in reducing medication errors. This prospective study found that a formalized pharmacist-led prescribing feedback program can reduce prescribing errors. After program implementation, the overall prescribing error rate, as well as the frequency of each error type and severity, significantly decreased.

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