Author: Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: chasm, series, quality, errors, medication, preventing
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2006-12-12
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0309101476
ISBN-13: 9780309101479

In 1996, the Institute of Medicine launched the "Quality Chasm Series", a series of reports focused on assessing and improving the nation’s quality of health care. "Preventing Medication Errors" is the newest volume in the series. Responding to the key messages in earlier volumes of the series - "To Err Is Human" (2000), "Crossing the Quality Chasm" (2001), and "Patient Safety" (2004) - this book sets forth an agenda for improving the safety of medication use. It begins by providing an overview of the system for drug development, regulation, distribution, and use. "Preventing Medication

Author: Gideon Kore
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: breastfeeding, medication, pregnancy, safety, koren
Number of Pages: 623
Published: 2007-05-23
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0071448284
ISBN-13: 9780071448284

Fully understand the toxicological effects of prescription and OTC drugs on pregnant women and breastfed children Drawn from the internationally recognized MotherRisk program at the University of Toronto, this authoritative resource is filled with evidence-based information and guidance that puts the risks of maternal exposure to drugs into sharp focus. The book’s clear, easy-to-follow two-part organization conveniently reviews the toxicologic effects of all major drug classes, then provides well-researched, systematic reviews of major topics that impact pharmacotherapy in pregnant and b

Author: Michael R Cohen
Publisher: APhA Publications
Keywords: errors, medication
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1582120927
ISBN-13: 9781582120928

"Medication Errors" is the most comprehensive, authoritative examination of the causes of and means to preventing medication errors ever written.

Author: Jcaho
Publisher: Joint Commission Resources
Keywords: errors, reducing, approach, systems, medication
Number of Pages: 143
Published: 1998-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0866885226
ISBN-13: 9780866885225

Written by recognized experts, this new edition helps organizations evaluate and improve their medication use systems and provides guidance on using a systems approach to medication use. This includes defining and preventing medication errors; measuring/monitoring the medication use system; and incorporating physicians, nurses, pharmacists, caregivers, and patients into the medication use system. This book includes: completely updated material reflecting advancements and research in the area of preventing medication errors; profiles of a systems approach to reducing medication errors; details

Author: Tony P. George
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: dependence, nicotine, treatments, medication
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 2006-07-28
List price: $162.95
ISBN-10: 0849337798
ISBN-13: 9780849337796

Despite the prevalence of both pharmaceutical and behavioral approaches to encourage cessation, over a billion people still indulge in tobacco. Even in the U.S., where tobacco use is considered a clearly treatable and socially regrettable condition, a significant percentage of individuals remain resistant to treatment modalities. It is believed that the problem lies with the availability, the effectiveness, and the tolerance of the treatments. Thus, the development of new and more effective medications for treating nicotine dependence is an area of significant therapeutic importance, and one m

Author: Peter Dillman
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: fourth, guide, field, medication, ems
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 2004-11-25
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 0763734241
ISBN-13: 9780763734244

Pocket-sized, spiral bound, and water-resistant, the EMS Medication Field Guide, Fourth Edition is a quick reference guide to drug and toxicology information will speed your recognition of unfamiliar drugs, improving your field care and treatment of the overdose or poison patient.

Author: Joint Commission on The Accreditation Of Healthcar
Publisher: Joint Commission Resources
Keywords: handbook, reconciliation, medication
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2006-07-03
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0866889566
ISBN-13: 9780866889568

Co published with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) The Medication Reconciliation Handbook is an invaluable tool for health care organizations seeking to implement an effective medication reconciliation process. Medication errors commonly occur at points of transition in care, such as at admission, during transfer from one department to another, or at discharge. A medication reconciliation process can help your organization decrease the incidents of medication errors at these points. Numerous case studies describe successes in forming a team to incorporate medication rec