Identifying modifiable barriers to medication error reporting in the nursing home setting.

Steven Handler; Subashan Perera; Ellen F. Olshansky; Stephanie A. Studenski; David A. Nace; Douglas B. Fridsma; Joseph T. Hanlon

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Identifying modifiable barriers to medication error reporting in the nursing home setting.

March 28, 2012

Handler S, Perera S, Olshansky EF, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007;8(9):568-74.

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This study suggests that organizational rather than individual-level interventions are the key to improving medication error reporting in nursing homes.

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