Improving medication information transfer between hospitals, skilled-nursing facilities, and long-term-care pharmacies for hospital discharge transitions of care: A targeted needs assessment using the Intervention Mapping framework

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 138-145

  Kerstenetzky, Luiza ^a   Birschbach, Matthew J ^a,b   Beach, Katherine F ^a,b   Hager, David R ^a   Kennelty, Korey A ^b,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOGIC; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACY; PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHARMACIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018667354     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.12.013     Document Type: Article

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