Open Accesse‐SPC: new approaches to delivering drug information
Author(s) -
Maxwell Simon,
Eichler HansGeorg,
Bucsics Anna,
Haefeli Walter E,
Gustafsson Lars L
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
future prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1931-2261
pISSN - 1468-9871
DOI - 10.1002/fps.94
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , medical prescription , drug , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , pharmacology , economics , economic growth
Prescribing medicines safely and effectively represents one of the greatest challenges for healthcare systems. Prescribing errors are common. A recent prospective observational study in the UK suggested that 10% of hospital prescriptions contained errors and that senior doctors were almost as frequently culpable as those who had recently graduated. 1 Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.