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Article: Medication safety report for hospitals shows improvement in every category.(NewsWire)
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
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- March 1, 2005
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Results from a 2004 assessment survey released by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) show significant advances in many safety practices, when compared to the initial assessment completed in 2000. The 2004 Medication Safety Self Assessment conducted by ISMP in partnership with the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) through a grant by the Commonwealth Fund, allow U.S. hospitals to gauge their use of nearly 200 practices that most significantly influence safe medication use and compare their current systems and practices to similar hospitals nationwide. More than 1,600 hospitals participated in the 2004 ...