Reducing medication confusion in homebound patients: when the data do not conform to the initial hypothesis.
Visiting nurses often find it difficult to reconcile multiple and conflicting medication orders, particularly when more than one physician orders medications. As the authors report, resolving medication order confusion was thought to be very time-consuming--until a team started to collect data.
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Julia
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Field Office, Veterans Health Administration's National Center for Patient Safety, White River Junction VA Medical Center (VAMC), White River Junction, Vermont, USA.
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