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•Asia (4)

•Australia and New Zealand (9)

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Resource Types

•Journal Article (216)

•Legislation/Regulation (3)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (98)

•Active Errors (87)

•Latent Errors (16)

•Near Miss (7)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (56)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (8)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (43)

•Communication Improvement (54)

•Human Factors Engineering (32)

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•Technologic Approaches (153)

•Education and Training (33)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (219)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (168)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (108)

•Patients (10)

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•Hospitals (149)

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COMMENTARY

XL or Smaller?

Kozer E. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2003.

COMMENTARY

The 2-Week Itch.

Cohen MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2003.

COMMENTARY

Intubation Mishap.

Weinger MB, Blike GT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2003.

COMMENTARY

Discharge Fumbles.

Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

COMMENTARY

Medication Overdose.

Kaushal R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2003.

COMMENTARY

The Result Stopped Here.

Astion M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

COMMENTARY

Too Tight Control.

Rubin HR, Fajtova VT. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2004.

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.

COMMENTARY

40 of K.

Lesar TS. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. November 2003.

STUDY

Using CPOE to improve communication, safety, and policy compliance when ordering pediatric chemotherapy.

Crossno CL, Cartwright JA, Hargrove FR. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:368–373.

COMMENTARY

Prescribing errors resulting in adverse drug events: how can they be prevented?

Thurmann PA. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2006;5:489-493.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Loes JL, O'Brien J, Sperry L. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:2052-2057.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

STUDY

Mixed results in the safety performance of computerized physician order entry.

Metzger J, Welebob E, Bates DW, Lipsitz S, Classen DC. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:655-663.

COMMENTARY

Eptifibatide Epilogue

Churchill WW, Fiumara K. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2009.

STUDY

Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

STUDY

Impact of electronic prescribing in a hospital setting: a process-focused evaluation.

Cunningham TR, Geller ES, Clarke SW. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:546-554.

STUDY

Pharmacists' interventions in prescribing errors at hospital discharge: an observational study in the context of an electronic prescribing system in a UK teaching hospital.

Abdel-Qader DH, Harper L, Cantrill JA, Tully MP. Drug Saf. 2010;33:1027-1044.

STUDY

Using an enhanced oral chemotherapy computerized provider order entry system to reduce prescribing errors and improve safety.

Collins CM, Elsaid KA. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:36-43.

COMMENTARY

Back to Basics

Hellman R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

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