Using nurses and office staff to report prescribing errors in primary care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Kennedy, Amanda G ^a   Littenberg, Benjamin ^a   Senders, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction reporting systems classification; Community pharmacy services; Medical errors statistics and numerical data; Medication errors statistics and numerical data; Primary health care methods standards

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CODEINE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DESOGESTREL PLUS ETHINYLESTRADIOL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DILTIAZEM; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; FENTANYL; FLUOXETINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; INSULIN ASPART; LEVOTHYROXINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LOSARTAN POTASSIUM; METHADONE; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; MORPHINE; NOVOLOG MIX; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; PIOGLITAZONE; PREDNISONE; RISEDRONIC ACID; ROSIGLITAZONE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETHARGY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANAGER; MEDICATION ERROR; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SWELLING; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47749092163     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn015     Document Type: Article

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