This blog is written by Jonathan Deutsch, M.D., a physician in the pharmaceutical industry.
Showing posts with label pharmacist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pharmacist. Show all posts
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Effect of a Pharmacist Intervention on Clinically Important Medication Errors After Hospital Discharge: A Randomized Trial
This article from the Ann Intern Med. 3 July 2012;157(1):1-10 shows that half of all cardiac patients had clinically important medication errors after having an explanation of their medications and how to take them by a pharmacist. Could it be that the patient wasn't able to process the information after having been hospitalized with a heart condition?
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Adverse Event,
annals of internal medicine,
cardiac,
clinical trial,
education,
medication error,
pharmacist
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