Strategies to reduce medication errors in ambulatory practice

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1558-1564

  Adubofour, Kwabena O M ^a,b   Keenan, Craig R ^b   Daftary, Ashok ^c   Mensah Adubofour, Josepha ^d   Dachman, William D ^e  

^a Fifth Street Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sutter Gould Medical Group   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory practice; Awareness; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICATION ERRORS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10344249451     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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