ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing 2016. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing 2016. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published July 2017

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing—2016.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017;74:1336-1352.

This survey of hospital pharmacy directors sheds light on current medication safety practices. The results demonstrate that electronic health records and computerized prescriber order entry have been adopted in most hospitals. They also found expansion of the pharmacist role in improving safety in inpatient and outpatient care.

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