Pharmacists implementing transitions of care in inpatient, ambulatory and community practice settings;Farmacéuticos implantando transiciones de pacientes en ambiente de práctica hospitalario, ambulatorio y comunitario

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sen, Sanchita ^a   Bowen, Jane F ^a   Ganetsky, Valerie S ^a   Hadley, Diane ^a   Melody, Karleen ^a   Otsuka, Shelley ^a   Vanmali, Radha ^a   Thomas, Tyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical history taking; Medication errors; Medication reconciliation; Patient admission; Pharmacists; Professional practice; United States

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COMMUNITY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; REVIEW; TRANSITION OF CARE;

EID: 84903551017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552014000200001     Document Type: Review

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