title: Medication errors: what is their impact?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dbates@partners.org.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK.
authors.forename: Sarah P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Slight
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D057220:Health Literacy / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D064406:Patient Harm / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D060735:Pharmacovigilance; D016903:Drug Monitoring