Utilizing community pharmacy dispensing records to disclose errors in hospital admission drug charts

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 639-646

  Tompson, Anna J ^a   Peterson, Gregory M ^a   Jackson, Shane L ^a   Hughes, Jeffrey D ^b   Raymond, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Hospital admission; Medication error; Medication history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHARMACY; PHARMACY DISPENSING RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866487643     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CP201720     Document Type: Article

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