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

The challenges of providing quality respiratory care to persons living in rural or remote
communities can be daunting. These populations are often vulnerable in terms of both …

Human aging is a global issue with important implications for current and future incidence
and prevalence of health conditions and disability. Cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial …

Introduction. Medication errors are widely reported for hospitalised patients, but limited data
are available for medication errors that occur in community-based and clinical settings …

Background Lists of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) in the elderly were
developed in order to identify patients and/or drugs at risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) …

Background Appropriate training for community pharmacists may improve the quality of
medication use. Few studies have reported the impact of such programs on medication …

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to validate the 8 P's tool as well as
measure the predictive strength of variables within this tool. Methods: This was a quantitative …

Purpose: Medication reconciliation is a National Patient Safety Goal. Completing medication
reconciliation minimizes the risk for preventable adverse drug events (ADEs). The elderly …

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs), which are harmful physical reactions of patients to drug
treatments, are inherent to the nature of drugs; the reactions can occur with any drug and are …

Medication-related adverse drug reactions in primary care account for up to 20% of all
hospital admissions. 1 Half of these admissions are considered preventable. 1 Adverse …