This report for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reviews
Australian studies about medication safety, updating work previously undertaken on …

Background Patient and family engagement (PFE) is critical for patient safety. We
systematically reviewed types of PFE strategies implemented and their impact on medication …

Background Communication about managing medications may be difficult when older
people move across transitions of care. Communication breakdowns may result in …

Objectives To synthesise peer-reviewed research evidence concerning patients' perceptions
of how they engage in admission and discharge medication communication, and barriers …

Background Patients receiving anticancer therapies are frequently prescribed complex and
high-risk medication regimens, which at times can result in medication misadventures. The …

Background In A ustralia, antimicrobial stewardship programmes are a compulsory
component of hospital accreditation. Good documentation around anti‐microbial prescribing …

Background Increasing age is associated with more medication errors in hospitalised
patients. Patient engagement is a strategy to reduce medication harm. Aims To measure …

Introdução: A segurança do paciente é um problema de saúde mundial e o paciente, neste
contexto, passa a ser um integrante ativo, mais ciente e empoderado de seus direitos e …

Objective The main objective is to analyse unjustified discrepancies found during the
medication reconciliation process in patients admitted to the Haematology Service of our …

Descrever a implementação da Conciliação de medicamentos em um Hospital de Ensino
de Sergipe. Tratou-se de um estudo de ciência da implementação, que descreve a …