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Reconciliation failures lead to medication errors.

John P Santell
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Poor communication of medical information at transition points of care--at admission, transfer, and discharge--often results in medication errors, but various strategies can reduce the likelihood of error.

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DocumentationHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMedication ErrorsPatient AdmissionPatient TransferUnited StatesJournal Article

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John P Santell. 2006. Reconciliation failures lead to medication errors.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32029-6

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