Medication Reconciliation: A Prescription for Safer Care
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Medication reconciliation: a prescription for safer care.
Four national healthcare organizations - Accreditation Canada, the Canadian Institute for Health Information, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada - recently collaborated to better understand and share comprehensive information about medication reconciliation in Canada. This article summarizes the key findings of their joint report titled ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Quarterly
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1929-6347
DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2014.23659