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•Asia (2)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (17)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (11)

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•Medicine (35)

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•Health Care Providers (47)

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•Hospitals (28)

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STUDY

Impact of a standard medication chart on prescribing errors: a before-and-after audit.

Coombes ID, Stowasser DA, Reid C, Mitchell CA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:478-485.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors associated with documented allergies.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. September 2008;5:75-80.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:654-657.

STUDY

Time-dependent drug–drug interaction alerts in care provider order entry: software may inhibit medication error reductions.

van der Sijs H, Lammers L, van den Tweel A, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:864-868.

STUDY

Evaluation of the role of the critical care pharmacist in identifying and avoiding or minimizing significant drug–drug interactions in medical intensive care patients.

Rivkin A, Yin H. J Crit Care. 2011;26:104.e1-104.e6.

STUDY

Functional decline associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults with dementia.

Lau DT, Mercaldo ND, Shega JW, Rademaker A, Weintraub S. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2011;26:606-615.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:463-464.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate prescribing to hospitalised patients.

Radosevic N, Gantumur M, Vlahovic-Palcevski V. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008;17:733-737.

COMMENTARY

Antiseizure Medication Disorder

Alldredge BK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2007.

STUDY

Detecting drug interactions using personal digital assistants in an out-patient clinic.

Dallenbach MF, Bovier PA, Desmeules J. QJM. 2007;100:691-7.

STUDY

Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?

Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.

STUDY

Monitoring adverse drug reactions in children using community pharmacies: a pilot study.

Stewart D, Helms P, McCaig D, Bond C, McLay J. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;59:677-683.

STUDY

The use of pharmaceuticals for dialysis patients. How well do we know our patients' allergies?

Bhandari S, Armitage J, Chintu M, Chinnappa S, Kendrew P. J Ren Care. 2008;34:213-217.

REVIEW

The effect of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors and clinical outcome in pediatric and intensive care: a systematic review.

van Rosse F, Maat B, Rademaker CMA, van Vught AJ, Egberts ACG, Bollen CW. Pediatrics. 2009;123:1184-1190.

STUDY

Reasons provided by prescribers when overriding drug–drug interaction alerts.

Grizzle AJ, Mahmood MH, Ko Y, et al. Am J Manag Care. 2007;13:573-580.

COMMENTARY

Minimizing inappropriate medications in older populations: a ten-step conceptual framework.

Scott IA, Gray LC, Martin JH, Mitchell CA. Am J Med. 2012;125:529-537.e4.

COMMENTARY

Bowel Prep.

Nelson DB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

COMMENTARY

Hospital Admission Due to High-Dose Methotrexate Drug Interaction

Siegel LC, Gandhi TK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2009.

COMMENTARY

Poor medication history plus slow symptom onset delays a diagnosis.

Wilkin T, Hale LS, Claiborne RA. JAAPA. October 2009;22:39-41.

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