Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency medicine pharmacists

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-214

  Cesarz, Joseph L ^a   Steffenhagen, Aaron L ^a   Svenson, James ^b   Hamedani, Azita G ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHARMACIST; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872617391     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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