Medication error reporting in nursing homes: Identifying targets for patient safety improvement

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-222

  Greene, S B ^a   Williams, C E ^a   Pierson, S ^a   Hansen, R A ^b   Carey, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICATION ERRORS; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 77953827877     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031260     Document Type: Article

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