Effectiveness of a pharmacist-led quality improvement program to reduce medication errors during hospital discharge
Author(s) -
Doris George,
Nirmala D Supramaniam,
Siti Q Abd Hamid,
Mohamed Azmi Hassali,
Wei Yin Lim,
Amar–Singh HSS
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1886-3655
pISSN - 1885-642X
DOI - 10.18549/pharmpract.2019.3.1501
Subject(s) - pharmacist , medicine , quality management , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , hospital discharge , nursing , emergency medicine , pharmacy , family medicine , intensive care medicine , operations management , engineering , management system , philosophy , epistemology
Increasing ratio of pharmacist to patient to complete discharge medication reconciliation during discharge significantly recorded a reduction in the percentage of patients with one or more medication errors.
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