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How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds?

Looi KL, Black PN. How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds? BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008;8:9. doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-9.

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April 14, 2011
Looi KL, Black PN. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008;8:9.
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This observational study discovered that physicians failed to review medication charts on every patient and their rate of chart review decreased as the number of patients seen increased. The authors suggest that prescribing errors may result from these practices, though this was not explicitly evaluated in this study.

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Looi KL, Black PN. How often do physicians review medication charts on ward rounds? BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2008;8:9. doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-9.