Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 123-135

  Enguidanos, Susan M ^a   Brumley, Richard D ^b  

^a Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transition; Electronic medication record; Hospital discharge; Medication errors; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644799582     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v24n01_09     Document Type: Article

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