The impacts of using community health volunteers to coach medication safety behaviors among rural elders with chronic illnesses.
Wang C-J, Fetzer SJ, Yang Y-C, et al. The impacts of using community health volunteers to coach medication safety behaviors among rural elders with chronic illnesses. Geriatr Nurs. 2013;34(2):138-45. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.12.013.
The use of trained community volunteers resulted in improved medication safety knowledge and behaviors among elderly patients with chronic illness in a rural area. This study is notable as there is very little research on methods to augment patient safety in ambulatory care outside of urban settings.