Identifying and characterizing preventable adverse drug events for prioritizing pharmacist intervention in hospitals.

Nakyung Jeon; Ben Staley; Thomas Johns; Glori Pflugfelder Lipori; Babette Brumback; Richard Segal; Almut G Winterstein

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Identifying and characterizing preventable adverse drug events for prioritizing pharmacist intervention in hospitals.

December 20, 2017

Jeon N, Staley B, Johns T, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017;74(21):1774-1783.

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This study reports the results of a literature review and expert panel process intended to assess the relative importance of different types of adverse drug events for hospitalized patients. Hospital pharmacy leaders were asked to complete a survey that will inform development of a prediction model for identifying preventable adverse drug events. The panel concluded that all types of events under consideration merit inclusion in the prediction tool under development.

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