Medication Errors   

Websites:    

• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada)
• Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
• Medication Errors (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• MedWatch (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP)
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR) (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
  
• Patient Safety (Health Canada)
• Patient Safety (Medscape, registration required)
• Patient Safety Resources (NHS National Patient Safety Agency)
• SafeMedicationUse.ca (ISMP Canada)
  
• Safety in Doses (NHS National Patient Safety Agency)
• Sentinel Event Alert Newsletter (The Joint Commission)
• Top 10 Tips for GPs - Strategies for Safer Prescribing (National Prescribing Centre - NHS)

Journal Articles:    

• British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June 2009 issue devoted to Medication Errors

• The Canadian Patient Safety Dictionary (PDF) (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2003)
• Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (Institute of Medicine, 2001)
• Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report (Institute of Medicine, 2001)
• Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety (Spath, 2000) - $
• Guidebook for Professionals: Partnering with Patients to Reduce Medical Errors (Spath, 2004) - $
•  Learning from Medical Errors: Clinical Problems (Nguyen, 2005) - $
• Lippincott Guide to Preventing Medication Errors (Karch, 2002) - $
• Medication Errors (Cohen, 2nd ed. 2006) - $
• Medication Errors Guidebook (Young et al. 2005) - $
• Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and Healthcare (Naylor, 2002) - $
• Preparing to Meet Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals (Coe/ASHP, 2004) - $
•  Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series (Institute of Medicine, 2007)
• Preventing Medication Errors and Improving Drug Therapy Outcomes: A Management Systems Approach (Hepler & Segal, 2003) - $
• Preventing Medication Errors: Expert Nurse Video Series (2000) - $
• Preventing Medication Errors: Strategies for Pharmacists (Joint Commission International, 2001) - $
• Safe Medication Practices: A Resource for Physicians (Canadian Medical Association - 2002) - $
• To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Institute of Medicine, 2000)

Dynamic Searches:   

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• Citations having information on community pharmacy and Medication Errors.
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• Citations having information on Practice Guidelines and Medication Errors – the latter as a major concept.
• Systematic Reviews having information on Medication Errors as a major concept.

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