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Article: Strategies to Reduce Medication Errors in Ambulatory Practice
- Article from:
- Journal of the National Medical Association
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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CopyrightCopyright National Medical Association Dec 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Medication errors generally refer to mistakes made in the processes of ordering, transcribing, dispensing, administering or monitoring of pharmaceutical agents used in clinical practice. The Institute of Medicine report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, has helped raise public awareness surrounding the issue of patient safety within our hospitals. A number of legislative and regulatory steps have resulted in hospital authorities putting in place various systems to allow for error reporting and prevention. Medication errors are being closely scrutinized as part of these hospital-based efforts. Most Americans, however, receive their healthcare in the ambulatory primary care ...