| Subject: | 2005 National Patient Safety Goal for Reconciling Medications Across the Continuum of Care |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Thu, 16 Sep 2004 - 10:00 am |
| The JCAHO has published the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) which are to be implemented effective January, 2005. The JCAHO has added a new NPSG for 2005, which is to be fully implemented by healthcare organizations by January 2006. This new goal calls for the reconciliation of medications across the continuum of patient care. Implicit in the requirements for this new goal is development of a process for identifying a complete listing of medications the patient is currently taking at... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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