Improving medication safety in primary care. A review and consensus procedure by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-18

  Lainer, Miriam ^a   Vögele, Anna ^b   Wensing, Michel ^c   Sönnichsen, Andreas ^d  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b South Tyrolian Academy of General Practice   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse drug events; LINNEAUS collaboration; literature review; Medication safety; patient safety; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRIA; CONSENSUS; DRUG SAFETY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84941041082     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043124     Document Type: Review

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