title: Combatting medication errors in home health.
abstract: Home care patients are vulnerable to medication errors. Until recently, however, little was done to find out how many or what types of errors were occurring. A 2001 study shows that nearly one out of three elderly home care patients has a potential medication error. The good news is that a simple intervention can be implemented by home care agencies to reduce this daunting statistic.
authors.affiliation: jahrens@vnsny.org
authors.forename: Joann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahrens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States