Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant, and implementable: A consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 504-513

  Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^a   Halasyamani, Lakshmi K ^b   Greene, Jan ^c   LaCivita, Cynthia ^d   Stucky, Erin ^e   Benjamin, Bona ^d   Reid, William ^f   Griffin, Frances A ^g   Vaida, Allen J ^h   Williams, Mark V ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TRINITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c Medical Writer   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH SYSTEM PHARMACISTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f MICROSOFT   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE FOR SAFE MEDICATION PRACTICES   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78651253876     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36074-0     Document Type: Article

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