Pharmacist-coordinated multidisciplinary hospital follow-up visits improve patient outcomes

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-260

  Cavanaugh, Jamie J ^a,b,c   Lindsey, Kimberly N ^d   Shilliday, Betsy B ^a,b,e   Ratner, Shana P ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNC Hamner Institute for Drug Safety Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f AccessCare North Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEAMWORK; AGED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924346423     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2015.21.3.256     Document Type: Article

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