Potentially Preventable Medication-Related Hospitalizations: A Clinical Pharmacist Approach to Assessment, Categorization, and Quality Improvement

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Examines pharmacist-led quality improvement practices, implemented across rural and urban counties in Hawaii, to identify and categorize potentially preventable medication-related hospital admissions. Describes how data collected during the investigation is used to improve pharmacist interventions focused on reducing medication-related readmissions.

Karen L. Pellegrin, Elizabeth Lee, Reece Uyeno, Chris Ayson, Roy Goo

Journal of the American Pharmacies Association, 57(6), 711-716

06/2017

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Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Hawaii