Preventing medication errors / Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Board on Health Care Services ; Philip Aspden ... [et al.], editors.

Other author Aspden, Philip.
Other author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, DC : National Academies Press,
Descriptionxvi, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Medication errors--Prevention.
Medication Errors--prevention & control. --United States.
Safety Management--United States.

SeriesQuality chasm series
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006029215
ISBN0309101476 (hardcover)
ISBN9780309101479 (hardcover)