Going home on the right medications: Prescription errors and transitions of care

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 878-879

  Kahn, Jeremy M ^a,b   Angus, Derek C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSITION OF CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 80052050082     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1209     Document Type: Editorial

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