Reducing medication prescribing errors in a teaching hospital

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 528-536

  Garbutt, Jane ^a   Milligan, Paul E ^b   McNaughton, Candace ^c   Highstein, Gabrielle ^a   Waterman, Brian M ^d   Dunagan, W Claiborne ^e   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of General Medical Sciences

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Waterman Research Solutions   (United States)

^e BJH Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 52749096584     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34067-7     Document Type: Article

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