Medication errors: what is their impact?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dbates@partners.org.
² Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK.

Editorial

David W Bates et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2014 Aug.

. 2014 Aug;89(8):1027-9.

doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.06.014.

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Electronic address: dbates@partners.org.
² Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK.

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Medication errors: an overview for clinicians.
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