Commentary A model for medication safety event detection. Citation Text: Snyder RA, Fields W. A model for medication safety event detection. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22(3):179-86. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzq014. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL April 28, 2010 Snyder RA, Fields W. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22(3):179-86. View more articles from the same authors. This AHRQ-funded work describes a model to identify medication safety events that applies a systems approach and provides an example case study to demonstrate its use. Free full text PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Snyder RA, Fields W. A model for medication safety event detection. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22(3):179-86. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzq014. 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