Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients.

Casey E. Gallimore; Dimmy Sokhal; Elizabeth Zeidler Schreiter; Amanda R. Margolis

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Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients.

May 18, 2016

Gallimore CE, Sokhal D, Schreiter EZ, et al. Fam Syst Health. 2016;34(2):104-113.

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In this study performed in a community behavioral health center, medication reviews by pharmacists helped improve appropriate monitoring of patients prescribed high-risk psychotropic medications. A WebM&M commentary describes a case of a potentially harmful medication error in an outpatient psychiatry clinic.

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