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Reducing medication errors in hospital discharge summaries: a randomised controlled trial | Synapse

January 1, 2017Open Access

Reducing medication errors in hospital discharge summaries: a randomised controlled trial

ETErica TongAlfred Health CRCristina RomanThe Alfred Hospital BMBiswadev MitraRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners

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Abstract

Pharmacists completing medication management plans in the discharge summary significantly reduced the rate of medication errors (including errors of high and extreme risk) in medication summaries for general medical patients.Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number: ACTRN12616001034426.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d99d850d540cafc58366e2 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00628

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