Pharmacist-led educational interventions provided to healthcare providers to reduce medication errors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Myriam Jaam; Lina Mohammad Naseralallah; Tarteel Ali Hussain; Shane Ashley Pawluk

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Pharmacist-led educational interventions provided to healthcare providers to reduce medication errors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

August 4, 2021

Jaam M, Naseralallah LM, Hussain TA, et al. PLoS One. 2021;16(6):e0253588.

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Including pharmacists can improve patient safety across the medication prescribing continuum. This review identified twelve pharmacist-led educational interventions aimed at improving medication safety. The phase, educational strategy, patient population, and audience varied across studies; however most showed some reductions in medication errors.

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