Preventing medication errors in transitions of care: A patient case approach

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e264-e276

  Johnson, Ashley ^a   Guirguis, Erenie ^a   Grace, Yasmin ^a  

^a PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSITION OF CARE; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIGOXIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84924407467     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2015.15509     Document Type: Article

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