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Latest Joint Commission Research Highlights Quality of Medication Safety Issues
Research indicates your organization can significantly lower adverse drug events by using three strategies:
• Identifying high-risk processes
• Identifying errors before they reach the patient
• Developing systems that quickly mitigate the effect of any harm to a patient.
Medication management is a complex process. You need resources targeted at organization leaders, doctors, nurses and pharmacists as well as patients. And you need strategies that are proven, practical and measurable to help you develop the best approach to medication management. Whatever stage you've reached in your organization's process improvement, JCR offers the authoritative and affordable resources you need to ensure the success of your initiative.
From Our Practice Leader
This month's Medication Safety article
There continues to be a greater focus on the necessity of documented communications in medication safety practices. In fact, many of the changes to the 2009 medication safety NPSGs relate to documentation of communication, which is critical to maintaining safety and mitigating risk.
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Learn more about Medication Safety:
• Download Medication Reconciliation White Paper
• Learn about JCR Medication Safety Consulting Services
• Read about Dr. Jeannell Mansur