Medication error prevention. Progress of initiatives.
This article provides a literature review of studies reporting on the incidence and factors that contribute to medication errors. It retraces the steps taken by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to focus government agency strategy on medication error reduction policy and ranks successful solutions for reducing medication errors. In addition, it summarizes the effectiveness of historic and potential public policy and private payer initiatives.
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Thomas R
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Professional Services, Mercy Hospital, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. tom.clancy@mercyic.org
D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008509:Medication Systems; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States