Designing a strategy to promote safe, innovative off-label use of medications.

Nicole Ansani; Carl A. Sirio; Thomas Smitherman; Bethany Fedutes-Henderson; Susan Skledar; Robert J. Weber; Nathalie Zgheib; Robert Branch

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Designing a strategy to promote safe, innovative off-label use of medications.

September 29, 2010

Ansani N, Sirio CA, Smitherman T, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2006;21(4):255-261.

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The authors describe a strategy for standardizing off-label use of medications to ensure safety for patients.

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