From ASHP:
A recent Wall
Street Journal op-ed assessing ways to
reduce medical errors in the United States strongly recommends including
pharmacists on care teams. In "How to Make Hospitals Less Deadly,"
James B. Lieber notes that pharmacists' extensive knowledge of medications
offers an important barrier to common medical errors. ASHP CEO Paul W.
Abramowitz said the op-ed "is
yet another call to include pharmacists on patient care teams in all
settings."Interesting information! What do you think? Should pharmacists be included on patient care teams in all settings? Certainly seems like it would help reduce medical errors and give the most complete patient care possible.
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