Oncology clinical pharmacists are uniquely positioned to make interventions impact the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of clinicians as well patient activation engagement. To accomplish this goal, can target health system-related, provider-related, patient-related factors enhance patient-centered care drive behavioral changes. Interventions that must tackle include educating team members pa...

Patient-controlled analgesia is a method of pain control that allows the patient to self-administer opioid medication as and when it is needed. Pain is a personal experience and one pain-relieving intervention may not be effective for all patients. This article reviews the literature on patient-controlled analgesia, particularly with reference to patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. ...

Medication error (ME) is the most common preventable cause of adverse drug events which negatively affects patient safety. Inadequate, low-quality studies plus wide estimation variations in ME from developing countries including Iran, decreases the reliability of ME evaluations. To clarify sources, underreporting reasons and preventive measures of MEs, we reviewed Iran current available literat...

BACKGROUND To improve medication adherence in cardiac patients, in partnership with a safety-net provider, this research team developed and evaluated a low-literacy medication education tool. METHODS Using principles of community-based participatory research, the team developed a prototype of a low-literacy hospital discharge medication education tool, customizable for each patient, featuring...

medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortality and costs. we assessed the incidence of medication errors and characterize the error types in an emergency department in a large teaching hospital in tehran. we also investigated the effect of emergency department pharmacists on patient safety with regard to recovery of potentially harmful medic...

medication errors are one of the important factors that increase fatal injuries to the patients and burden significant economic costs to the health care. an appropriate medical history could reduce errors related to omission of the previous drugs at the time of hospitalization. the aim of this study, as first one in iran, was evaluating the discrepancies between medication histories obtained by...

Background: Medication management is a complex process with multiple stages that involves different health care teams. Based on the evidence, an electronic medication management system offers significant benefits, such as reduced medication errors, improved conformity, enhanced time and cost efficiency, and increased patient safety. This study aimed to design and implement an electronic medicat...