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Evaluation of a guided continuous quality improvement program in community pharmacies

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2017
Background The importance of creating and sustaining a strong culture of patient safety has been recognized as a critical component of safe medication use.
Chanadda Chinthammit, Michael T. Rupp, Edward P. Armstrong, Tara Modisett, Rebecca P. Snead, Terri L. Warholak   +5 more
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MEDICATION SAFETY

IZVESTIYA GGTU MEDICINA, FARMACIYA, 2023
Drug therapy is the most common healing mediation in medicine to recover patient well-being. In spite of the concentrating to help patients, there are numerous examples of inappropriate medication procedures and practices that compromise drug efficacy and lead to preventable medication errors, thereby jeopardizing patient health.
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Treatment Patterns, Effectiveness, and Safety of Originator Insulin Glargine versus Insulin Glargine-yfgn within the Veterans Health Administration

Pharmacoepidemiology
We described insulin glargine (originator) and insulin glargine-yfgn (biosimilar) treatment patterns, assessed effectiveness and safety outcomes, and identified reasons for switching back to the originator product from the biosimilar.
Samantha Walczuk, Francesca E. Cunningham, Xinhua Zhao, Diane Dong, Peter A. Glassman, Donald R. Miller, Deborah Khachikian, Anthony Au, Cedric Salone, Kelly Bryan, Qoua Her, Sherrie L. Aspinall   +11 more
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Repeat prescribing of medications: a system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale, aims and objectives: Reducing preventable harm from repeat medication prescriptions is a patient safety priority worldwide. In the United Kingdom, repeat prescriptions items issued has doubled in the last 20 years from 5.8 to 13.3 items ...
Bartlett, Stephen, Bowie, Paul, Dinwoodie, Mark, Man, Shu Ling, Price, Julie, Taylor, Kate   +5 more
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‘Everyone should know what they’re on’: a qualitative study of attitudes towards and use of patient held lists of medicines among patients, carers and healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care settings in Ireland

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Managing multiple medicines can be challenging for patients with multimorbidity, who are at high risk of adverse outcomes, for example, hospitalisation.
Caitriona Cahir, Kathleen E Bennett, Sheena M Mc Hugh, Ciara Kirke, Muriel Pate, Bernadine O'Donovan   +5 more
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Oral diabetes medication monotherapy and short-term mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease [PDF]

, 2018
Objective To determine whether sulfonylurea use, compared with non-sulfonylurea oral diabetes medication use, was associated with 2-year mortality in individuals with well-controlled diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD). Research design and methods
Berkowitz, Seth A, Caplan, Liron, Grunwald, Gary K, Liu, Wenhui G, Maddox, Thomas M, Raghavan, Sridharan, Reusch, Jane E.B, Saxon, David R   +7 more
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Measuring the quality and completeness of medication-related information derived from hospital electronic health records database

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2019
Objective: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) database is a great source for pharmacoepidemiological research as thousands of patients’ clinical and medication information is stored in the database.
Monira Alwhaibi, Bander Balkhi, Thamir M. Alshammari, Nasser AlQahtani, Mansour A. Mahmoud, Mansour Almetwazi, Sondus Ata, Mada Basyoni, Tariq Alhawassi   +8 more
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Usability and feasibility of consumer-facing technology to reduce unsafe medication use by older adults [PDF]

, 2019
Background Mobile health technology can improve medication safety for older adults, for instance, by educating patients about the risks associated with anticholinergic medication use.
Abebe, Ephrem, Bodke, Kunal, Boustani, Malaz A., Callahan, Christopher M., Campbell, Noll L., Clark, Daniel O., Ferguson, Denisha, Holden, Richard J.   +7 more
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Assessment of medication administration of nurses in medical cardiac wards and its relationship with some demographic characteristics: An observational study

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Unsafe medication administration and medication errors pose a threat to medication safety. Safe medication is one of the most important nursing practices that plays an important role in preventing medication errors.
Hajar Najafi, Sedigheh Farzi, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Sima Babaei   +3 more
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Importance of early precautionary actions in avoiding the spread of COVID-19: Saudi Arabia as an Example

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Late in 2019, several cases of infection with a new strain of coronavirus were reported in China. This new strain was later officially named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Thamir M. Alshammari, Ali F. Altebainawi, Khalidah A. Alenzi   +2 more
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