Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation
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Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation.
BACKGROUND In 2005, The Joint Commission included medication reconciliation as a National Patient Safety Goal to reduce medication errors related to omissions, duplications and interactions. Hospitals continue to struggle to implement successful programmes that meet these objectives. METHODS The authors used improvement methods and reliability principles to develop and implement a process for...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality & Safety
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2044-5415,2044-5423
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047845