Assessing the impact of an educational program on decreasing prescribing errors at a University hospital

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-101

  Peeters, Michael J ^a,b   Pinto, Sharrel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Medical errors; Medication errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEEDBACK; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MEDICATION ERRORS; OHIO; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65549131620     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.387     Document Type: Article

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