Quality & Patient Safety Articles by Topic: Medication Management
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Insulin has long been targeted as a high-alert medication by The Joint Commission.
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 9, September 1, 2009
This issue contains stories that discuss a new consumer reporting system developed by the Agency...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 4, August 26, 2009
Traditionally, the healthcare system has taken an approach to medical errors that involves secrecy...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
Although using electronic prescribing with decision support is thought to offer clinicians some...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 52, December 24, 2008
A new study shows that reconciling patient medications during hospitalization is an important...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 50, December 10, 2008
Two Massachusetts health plans released a study showing that physicians using hand-held electronic...
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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety), Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The Joint Commission is set to survey hospitals’ anticoagulant therapy programs in January...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 40, October 1, 2008
The Joint Commission has released its latest Sentinel Event Alert targeting anticoagulant...
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Patient Safety Monitor Alert, Issue 37, September 10, 2008
The liability of medical professionals may be broadened in a pending Massachusetts case, reports...