Pharmacists can improve diagnosis and help prevent diagnostic errors-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Pharmacists can improve diagnosis and help prevent diagnostic errors

Published:2022-01-31 Issue:3 Volume:9 Page:385-389
ISSN:2194-802X
Container-title:Diagnosis
language:en
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Author:

Enomoto Kiichi¹,Kosaka Chintaro²,Kimura Toru³,Watanuki Satoshi⁴,Kurihara Masaru⁵,Watari Takashi⁶,Schaye Verity⁷

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pharmacy , Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital , Tokyo , Japan

2. Department of Internal Medicine , Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital , Tokyo , Japan

3. Department of Rehabilitation , Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital , Tokyo , Japan

4. Division of Emergency and General Medicine , Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center , Tokyo , Japan

5. Department of Patient Safety , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan

6. General Medicine Center , Shimane University , Shimane , Japan

7. Department of Medicine , NYU Grossman School of Medicine , New York , NY , USA

Abstract

Abstract We present two cases that highlight the role of pharmacists in the diagnostic process and illustrate how a culture of safety and teamwork between pharmacists and physicians can help prevent diagnostic errors.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Biochemistry (medical),Clinical Biochemistry,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Medicine (miscellaneous)

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/dx-2021-0138/pdf

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