Reconciling medications at admission: Safe practice recommendations and implementation strategies

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-50

  Rogers, Gina ^a   Alper, Eric ^b   Brunelle, Diane ^c,d   Federico, Frank ^e,f   Fenn, Clark A ^g   Leape, Lucian L ^h   Kirle, Leslie ⁱ   Ridley, Nancy ^j   Clarridge, Brian R ^k   Bolcic Jankovic, Dragana ^k   Griswold, Paula ^a   Hanna, Doris ^a,l   Annas, Catherine L ^j  

^a Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Northeast Health Wangaratta   (Australia)

^d Franklin Medical Center   (United States)

^e Harvard Risk Management Foundation   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^g Holyoke Medical Center   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Massachusetts Hospital Association   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^l National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744459778     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32006-5     Document Type: Article

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