Reducing medication errors and transitions of care

Karen Cardwell^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Queen's University Belfast - Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Belfast, Belfast.
² Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - General Practice, Dublin, Ireland.

Comment

Karen Cardwell. Age Ageing. 2020.

. 2020 Jul 1;49(4):537-539.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa065.

Karen Cardwell^{1

2}

¹ Queen's University Belfast - Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Belfast, Belfast.
² Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - General Practice, Dublin, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: medication errors; multimorbidity; older people; polypharmacy; potentially inappropriate prescribing; transition of care.

Comment on

Successful care transitions for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of interventions that support medication continuity.
Tomlinson J, Cheong VL, Fylan B, Silcock J, Smith H, Karban K, Blenkinsopp A. Tomlinson J, et al. Age Ageing. 2020 Jul 1;49(4):558-569. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa002. Age Ageing. 2020. PMID: 32043116 Free PMC article.