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The impacts of using community health volunteers to coach medication safety behaviors among rural elders with chronic illnesses.
May 22, 2013
Wang C-J, Fetzer SJ, Yang Y-C, et al. Geriatr Nurs. 2013;34(2):138-45.
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.
