Use of Medication Technicians in US Nursing Homes: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 294-304

  Hughes, Carmel M ^a   Wright, Rollin M ^b   Lapane, Kate L ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drug utilization; medication technicians; Minimum Data Set (MDS); Nursing homes; On line Survey and Certification of Automated Records (OSCAR); osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; SALCATONIN; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION TECHNICIAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744782060     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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