Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less: Workshop Summary

Author:   Institute of Medicine ,  Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ,  Roundtable on Health Literacy ,  Lyla M. Hernandez
Publisher:   National Academies Press
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Pages:   116
Publication Date:   15 May 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less: Workshop Summary


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Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as hospitalizations and, in some cases, death.

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Author:   Institute of Medicine ,  Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ,  Roundtable on Health Literacy ,  Lyla M. Hernandez
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309115292


ISBN 10:   0309115299
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   15 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Presentations; 4 3 Federal Agency Reaction to Prescription Use Instruction Standardization; 5 4 Reaction from the Pharmacy Field to Prescription Use Instruction Standardization; 6 5 Other Stakeholder Reaction to Prescription Use Instruction Standardization: Physicians and Patients; 7 6 Other Stakeholder Reaction to Prescription Use Instruction Standardization: Educators of Pharmacists and Physicians; 8 7 What Would It Take to Move Toward Prescription Use Instruction Standardization?; 9 8 Closing Remarks; 10 References; 11 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix B: Biosketches of the Workshop Speakers; 13 Appendix C: ACP White Paper

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