One in ten people experience harm associated with their hospital care, such as medication errors, infections, or a deterioration that isn’t managed properly.
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The language used to describe medications is confusing, with multiple names for the same drug. A change to prescribing rules from today should go a long way to addressing this issue.
Lookalike and soundalike medication names are causing dangerous problems.
The medication landscape is complicated and error-riddled, with very few care providers knowing all the drugs you are taking. Here’s how pharmacists could be the solution.
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Dean of the School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco
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PhD candidate, Swansea University
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Palliative Medicine Physician, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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Professor of Health Systems Research and Founding Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University