A program using pharmacy technicians to collect medication histories in the emergency department

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Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-61

  Hart, Coleen ^a   Price, Christine ^b   Graziose, Glenn ^c   Grey, Jonathan ^d  

^a Mease Countryside Hospital   (United States)

^b Morton Plant Hospital   (United States)

^c Pharmaceutical Services   (United States)

^d Morton Plant Mease Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCURACY; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84921860068     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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