Emergency department medication history taking: Current inefficiency and potential for a self-administered form

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Witting, Michael D ^a   Hayes, Bryan D ^a   Schenkel, Stephen M ^a   Drucker, Charles B ^a   DeWane, Michael P ^a   Lantry III, James H ^a   Vashi, Satyam V ^b  

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

^b Doctors Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Emergency service; Hospital; Medication errors; Medication reconciliation; Organizational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ADMINISTERED MEDICATION FORM; SELF CARE; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84897350649     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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