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View article: Interaction with SMS text-reminders correlate with improved medication adherence and readmission rates for congestive heart failure patients: A retrospective cohort study
Interaction with SMS text-reminders correlate with improved medication adherence and readmission rates for congestive heart failure patients: A retrospective cohort study Open
Short message service text reminders (SMS nudges) aimed to help vulnerable patient populations remember to fill their prescriptions are becoming more common but accurately measuring their effects on improving prescription fill and readmiss…
View article: Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission
Use of complete medication history to identify and correct transitions-of-care medication errors at psychiatric hospital admission Open
Methods for categorizing the scale and severity of medication errors corrected by pharmacy staff during admission medication reconciliation using complete medication history continue to evolve. We established a rating scale that is effecti…
View article: Pharmacy driven medication reconciliation productivity and error reduction: results from a retrospective cohort study
Pharmacy driven medication reconciliation productivity and error reduction: results from a retrospective cohort study Open
Background: Prior studies show that having a robust pharmacy-driven medication history program in a hospital setting, improves the quality of admission medication history interviews and reduces medication errors and adverse drug events. Ye…
View article: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Patients' Perceptions of the Patient Portal Experience with OpenNotes
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Patients' Perceptions of the Patient Portal Experience with OpenNotes Open
Background Access to medical encounter notes (OpenNotes) is believed to empower patients and improve the quality and safety of care. The impact of such access is not well understood beyond select health care systems and notes from primary …
View article: Adherence to recommended electronic health record safety practices across eight health care organizations
Adherence to recommended electronic health record safety practices across eight health care organizations Open
Objective The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) guides were released in 2014 to help health systems conduct proactive risk assessment of electronic health record (EHR)- safety related policies, processes, procedures, and …
View article: Teamwork on the rocks: Rethinking interprofessional practice as networking
Teamwork on the rocks: Rethinking interprofessional practice as networking Open
Optimising interprofessional practice has been identified as one of the key methods for improving health outcomes across the globe (Institute of Medicine, 2001). Predominantly, in the United States...