Implementing a comprehensive, 24-hour emergency department pharmacy program

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 66, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1943-1947

  Aldridge, Victoria E ^a   Park, Helen K ^a   Bounthavong, Mark ^a   Morreale, Anthony P ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Department of veterans affairs; Documentation; Economics; Emergency services; Errors, medication; Hospitals; Hours; Patient care; Pharmaceutical services; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70449627326     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080660     Document Type: Review

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