Hospital admission medication reconciliation in medically complex children: An observational study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Stone, Bryan L ^a,b   Boehme, Sabrina ^a   Mundorff, Michael B ^a   Maloney, Christopher G ^a,b   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a,c  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENT; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; UTAH;

EID: 77950318128     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.167528     Document Type: Article

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