Reducing medication errors and improving systems reliability using an electronic medication reconciliation system

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Agrawal, Abha ^a,b   Wu, Winfred Y ^c,d  

^a Central Brooklyn Family Health Network   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 61349145509     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35014-X     Document Type: Article

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