Identifying Modifiable Barriers to Medication Error Reporting in the Nursing Home Setting

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 568-574

  Handler, Steven M ^a,b   Perera, Subashan ^a,c   Olshansky, Ellen F ^d   Studenski, Stephanie A ^a,e   Nace, David A ^a   Fridsma, Douglas B ^b   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a,e,f,g  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g VAPHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical errors; medication errors; risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35848964816     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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