… events recognition and prevention in older inpatients - a multicenter interrupted time series study. BMC Geriatr. …

… and to what extent non-dispensing pharmacists  embedded in a general practice reported solving medication problems …

This qualitative study found that postdischarge home visits from pharmacists focused on the details of the medication regimen rather than health beliefs and extent of medication adherence. The authors recommend an increased focus on patient engagement during these home visits.

Patients are susceptible to various problems following hospital discharge, including medication errors. This commentary suggests that improving the transfer of patient medication history, performing home visits to follow up with patients, and collaboration between primary care and community pharmacy can help reduce adverse drug events after patients are discharged from the hospital.

… the hospital setting. This study, which analyzed data from a national database of medication errors in the Netherlands, … poorly designed screens and displays, were at the root of a large proportion of these errors. Dr. Donald Norman, a … factors engineering field, was interviewed by AHRQ WebM&M in 2009. …

… about emerging safety issues. The Joint Commission's Sentinel Event Alerts and the Institute for Safe Medication … only one of those recommendations had been implemented by a majority of pharmacies. The authors conclude that passive …

Medical teams were generally able to recognize serious adverse drug events (ADEs) in hospitalized patients, but were less consistent in identifying ADEs with more subtle symptoms or those resulting only in abnormal laboratory test results.