Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published March 2016

Pharmacist medication reviews to improve safety monitoring in primary care patients.

Gallimore CE, Sokhal D, Zeidler Schreiter E, Margolis AR. Fam Syst Health. 2016 Mar 17; [Epub ahead of print].

In this study performed in a community behavioral health center, medication reviews by pharmacists helped improve appropriate monitoring of patients prescribed high-risk psychotropic medications. A WebM&M commentary describes a case of a potentially harmful medication error in an outpatient psychiatry clinic.

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