Importance Improving patient safety is at the forefront of policy and practice. While
considerable progress has been made in understanding the frequency, causes and …

Background Medication-related adverse events, or adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are
harmful events caused by medication. ADRs could have profound effects on the patients' …

A medication error is a preventable event that may lead to inappropriate medication use or
patient harm. 2. We found 36 studies reported error rates in primary care, care homes and …

Health systems everywhere are expected to meet increasing public and political demands
for accessible, high-quality care. Policy-makers, managers, and clinicians use their best …

Background Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are very common in older adults in primary
care. Ideally, general practitioners (GPs), should regularly review medication lists to identify …

Background Few detailed studies exist of the underlying causes of prescribing errors in the
UK. Aim To examine the causes of prescribing and monitoring errors in general practice and …

Background Polypharmacy is an increasing challenge for primary care. Although sometimes
clinically justified, polypharmacy can be inappropriate, leading to undesirable outcomes …

Pharmacogenomics describes interpatient genetic variability in drug responses. Information
based on whole genome sequencing will soon open up the field of pharmacogenomics and …

Background older adults are frequent users of primary healthcare services, but are at
increased risk of healthcare-related harm in this setting. Objectives to describe the factors …

Safe medication use necessitates interprofessional working, with calls to enhance
interprofessional education (IPE) focusing on medication safety (MS) in healthcare …