How big of a role does uncovering patient medication history and medication management mean in an acute care setting? Knowing a patient’s medication history faster, electronically managing medications throughout their inpatient stay, and electronically prescribing discharge instructions all contribute to a higher quality of care that greatly reduces adverse drug events – some of which [...]
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Sep 27 2011, 01:19 PM
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