The accuracy of the medical record as an index of outpatient drug therapy
- 10 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 240 (20) , 2182-2184
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.240.20.2182
Abstract
The records of 355 patients in outpatient clinics were reviewed and compared with pharmacy files of the same patients. The records were evaluated for completeness and accuracy, with regard to names, dosage and directions for drugs ordered by the clinic physician. Of the charts, 21% omitted the name of 1 or more drugs prescribed by the physicians, and 62% contained inaccuracies regarding dosage or directions. Documentation of potentially toxic drug was not significantly different from that of less toxic drugs. (P > .05).This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Drug Prescribing and Use in an American CommunityAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1972
- Studies on the Epidemiology of Adverse Drug ReactionsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1966