Evaluating insulin information provided on discharge summaries in a secondary care hospital in the United Kingdom

BACKGROUND: Prescribing errors at the time of hospital discharge are common and could potentially lead to avoidable patient harm, especially when they involve insulin, a high-risk medicine widely used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. When information regarding insulin therapy is not sufficien...

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Autores principales: Bain, Amie, Nettleship, Lois, Kavanagh, Sallianne, Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-017-0113-y