Preventing medication errors / Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Board on Health Care Services ; Philip Aspden [and others], editors.
| Other author | Aspden, Philip. |
| Other author | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xvi, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Quality chasm series Quality chasm series. ^A869331 |
| Contents | Understanding the causes and costs of medication errors. Overview of the drug development, regulation, distribution, and use system -- Medication errors : incidence and cost -- Moving toward a patient-centered, integrated medication use system. Action agenda to support consumer-provider partnership-- Action agenda for health care organizations -- Action agenda for the pharmaceutical, medical device, and health information technology industries -- Applied research agenda for safe medication use -- Action agendas for oversight, regulation and payment |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2006029215 |
| ISBN | 0309101476 |
| ISBN | 9780309101479 : |