Pharmacist medication assessments in a surgical preadmission clinic.

Yvonne Kwan; Olavo Fernandes; Jeff J. Nagge; Gary G. Wong; Jin-Hyeun Huh; Deborah A. Hurn; Gregory R. Pond; Jana Bajcar

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Pharmacist medication assessments in a surgical preadmission clinic.

June 13, 2007

Kwan Y, Fernandes O, Nagge JJ, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(10):1034-40.

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The investigators evaluated an intervention of pharmacist medication assessments and a postoperative medication order form and found that the intervention minimized postoperative medication discrepancies.

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