Retrospective detection of potential medication errors involving drugs with similar names

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 616-624

  Phatak, Hemant M ^a,c   Cady, Paul S ^b   Heyneman, Cathy A ^b   Culbertson, Vaughn L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims analysis; Data mining; Drug names; Look alike sound alike errors; Medicaid; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; DATA BASE; DRUG INFORMATION; MEDICAID; MEDICATION ERROR; PHARMACY; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; NOMENCLATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DRUG;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; IDAHO; MEDICAID; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33644660901     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/1544345055001247     Document Type: Article

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