Using the medication error prioritization system to improve patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Using the medication error prioritization system to improve patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published January 2016

Using the medication error prioritization system to improve patient safety.

Polnariev A. PT. 2016;41:54-59.

The use of incident reports as a mechanism for organizational safety efforts has had mixed results. This commentary discusses how a multi-location health system utilized a medication error reporting initiative that involved leadership support and multidisciplinary collaboration toprioritize action toward improving system-wide medication safety.

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