Emergency Department Discharge Prescription Interventions by Emergency Medicine Pharmacists
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Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency medicine pharmacists.
STUDY OBJECTIVE We determine the rate and details of interventions associated with emergency medicine pharmacist review of discharge prescriptions for patients discharged from the emergency department (ED). Additionally, we evaluate care providers' satisfaction with such services provided by emergency medicine pharmacists. METHODS This was a prospective observational study in the ED of an aca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.04.011