How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds?

Khang Li Looi; Peter N. Black

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How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds?

December 3, 2008

Looi KL, Black PN. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008;8:9.

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This observational study discovered that physicians failed to review medication charts on every patient and their rate of chart review decreased as the number of patients seen increased. The authors suggest that prescribing errors may result from these practices, though this was not explicitly evaluated in this study.

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