Medication safety programs in primary care: a scoping review protocol

Hanan Khalil; Libby Roughead

doi:10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003140

Medication safety programs in primary care: a scoping review protocol

JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2017 Jun;15(6):1512-1517. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003140.

Authors

Hanan Khalil¹, Libby Roughead

Affiliation

¹ 1Monash Rural Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2The Centre for Chronic Diseases Management: a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence 3Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

PMID: 28628509
DOI: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003140

Abstract

The objective of this scoping review is to examine the characteristics of medication safety programs in the primary care setting and to map evidence on the outcome measures used to assess the effectiveness of medication safety programs in improving patient safety.The current review will be guided by the following research questions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Medication Errors / prevention & control*
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / methods
Patient Safety
Primary Health Care*
Safety Management / methods*