Impact of Pharmacist Involvement on Medication Safety in Interprofessional Transfer of Care

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Submitted by Jill Romeo on Dec 7, 2021 - 12:24am CST

Resource Type: 
Journal Article

An educational initiative, based around a credible patient profile and scenario, demonstrated that the presence of a pharmacist within a multi-professional group led to higher positive attributes scores. This suggests improved accuracy and quality of the communication throughout the transition from tertiary to primary care. The pharmacist’s involvement led to less severe errors when errors were made.

Author(s): 
Dillon, C.
Lynch, G.
Dean, J.
Purvis, C.
Beckert, L.
Subject: 
Education & Learning
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