Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published January 2019

Engineering a foundation for partnership to improve medication safety during care transitions.

Xiao Y, Abebe E, Gurses AP. J Patient Saf Risk Manag. 2019 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary describes the application of a work system model to discharge transitions as a communication improvement strategy. The authors suggest that human factors approachesbe applied to identify potential postdischarge medication safety issues.

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