What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting.

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What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting.

August 26, 2011

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This article discusses the importance of medication reconciliation in the ambulatory environment and describes a tool developed for this purpose.

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