This survey of pharmacists in New Zealand revealed that they believe pharmacy technicians could conduct many of the mechanical aspects of medication dispensing so that pharmacists could spend more time with medication counseling, which has been shown to enhance medication safety. This work adds to the literature supporting the use of teams to improve patient safety.

This qualitative study revealed that numerous changes were made to elderly patients' medications at hospital discharge, but many patients lacked understanding of the reasons for these changes and often reported that nobody had discussed the changes with them prior to discharge.