Medication safety teams' guided implementation of electronic medication administration records in five nursing homes

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Scott Cawiezell, Jill ^a   Madsen, Richard W ^b   Pepper, Ginette A ^c,d   Vogelsmeier, Amy ^b   Petroski, Greg ^b   Zellmer, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Patient Safety's Editorial Advisory Board

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59849091525     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35005-9     Document Type: Article

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