At Alfred Health the Pharmacists are reducing medication errors
A randomised trial of credentialed pharmacists taking medication histories and charting medications on admission has resulted in impressive results. The rate of identified medication errors was 0.5% in the pharmacist arm compared to 35.3% in the medical arm.
Alfred Health’s presentation is available to HRT members by clicking
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Other hospital’s innovations from the 2015 Patient Safety Improvement meeting are available by clicking
here.