Establish goals and measurable standards. Monitor interventions and make necessary changes. Reporting Communicate the results of the medication error program to healthcare practitioners, patients, and caregivers as appropriate. Promote reporting of medication errors to a national system for review and analysis, which will result in the development of recommendations to reduce and prevent medication errors and provide benchmarking data. References 1 Monette J, Gurwitz JH, Avorn J. Epidemiology of adverse drug events in the nursing home setting.
National council focuses on coordinating error reduction efforts.
Fundamentals of medication error research. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals. How common are they and what can be done to prevent them. Medication error reduction through continuous quality improvement.