Do remote community telepharmacies have higher medication error rates than traditional community pharmacies? Evidence from the North Dakota Telepharmacy Project

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 580-590

  Friesner, Daniel L ^a   Scott, David M ^a   Rathke, Ann M ^a   Peterson, Charles D ^a   Anderson, Howard C ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota Board of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Errors; Medication safety; Patient safety; Quality control; Telepharmacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEPHARMACY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NORTH DAKOTA; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84855174081     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.10115     Document Type: Article

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