Nursing home medication reconciliation: A quality improvement initiative

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 9-14

  Tong, Monica ^a   Oh, Hye Young ^a   Thomas, Jennifer ^a   Patel, Sheila ^b   Hardesty, Jennifer L ^b   Brandt, Nicole J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b Remedi SeniorCare   (United States)

^c Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85017164630     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20170313-04     Document Type: Article

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