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Discrepancies between GPs' and psychiatrists' medication records
Author(s) -
Robinson Julie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.84
Subject(s) - audit , global positioning system , secondary care , primary care , service (business) , medicine , interface (matter) , psychiatry , medical emergency , psychology , nursing , family medicine , computer science , business , telecommunications , accounting , marketing , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing
Clear communication between primary and secondary care is essential to prevent prescribing errors, especially in the case of psychiatry where medication is frequently altered and prescribing may be the responsibility of either the GP or the specialist. Here, Dr Robinson describes an audit carried out at the local elderly day treatment service to examine the discrepancies between GPs' records of medication and those of the day service, and to investigate how improvements could be made. Copyright © 2008 Wiley Interface Ltd