title: Safer medicines management in primary care.
abstract: Errors in the medicines management process represent an important source of iatrogenic harm in primary care. Most errors result from underlying systems-based problems that are amenable to intervention and potentially preventable. In this paper, we seek to identify the frequency of medication-related morbidity in primary care, understand the underlying systemic reasons that increase risk of medication-related errors and iatrogenic harm, and suggest strategies for improving the safety of medicines management.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Practice, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham. tony.avery@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smeaton
authors.forename: Yen-Fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantrill
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Royal
mesh_terms: D004347:Drug Interactions; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management; D006113:United Kingdom