Utility of an online medication-error-reporting system.

Scott W. Savage; Philip J. Schneider; Craig A. Pedersen

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Utility of an online medication-error-reporting system.

November 23, 2005

Savage SW, Schneider PJ, Pedersen CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(21):2265-70.

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The investigators surveyed hospitals using the Medmarxvoluntary reporting program and found an average twofold increase in internal error reporting after implementation of the program.

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