Combatting medication errors in home health.
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.
Ahrens
Joann
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jahrens@vnsny.org
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