Safer medicines management in primary care

Anthony J. Avery; Aziz Sheikh; Brian Hurwitz; Lesley Smeaton; Yen Fu Chen; Rachel Howard; Judy Cantrill; Simon Royal

Safer medicines management in primary care

Anthony J. Avery, Aziz Sheikh, Brian Hurwitz, Lesley Smeaton, Yen Fu Chen, Rachel Howard, Judy Cantrill, Simon Royal

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Abstract

Errors in the medicines management process represent an important source of iatrogenic harm in primary care. Most errors result from underlying systems-based problems that are amenable to intervention and potentially preventable. In this paper, we seek to identify the frequency of medication-related morbidity in primary care, understand the underlying systemic reasons that increase risk of medication-related errors and iatrogenic harm, and suggest strategies for improving the safety of medicines management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S17-S22
Journal	British Journal of General Practice
Volume	52
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2002

Keywords

Adverse events
Errors
Medicines management
Prescribing
Safety

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