Intervention for improving the appropriateness of physician orders for oral medications in geriatric VIP patients during the journey to JCI accreditation

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 273-275

  Zhu, Ling Ling ^a   Zhou, Quan ^b  

^a Division of Nursing   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NIGERIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; VERY IMPORTANT PERSON;

EID: 84880953755     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S46733     Document Type: Editorial

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