Medication Safety
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Medication Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2437
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medication safety; patient safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this Special Issue is to disseminate research evidence on medication safety. The Special Issue will include research on the development and testing of interventions to increase medication safety. Research relating to factors affecting medication safety is also within scope the scope of this Special Issue. We encourage submissions related to one or more of the priority areas and domains of the World Health Organization Medication Without Harm Challenge. The priority areas are: high-risk situations, transitions of care, and polypharmacy. The domains are: patients and the public, healthcare professionals, medicines, and systems and practices of medication.
Submissions may be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research or reviews that meet established review standards, and data may be from primary or secondary sources. All types of study design will be considered. All healthcare settings, including acute care, long-term care, community and home care, mental health, and primary care will be included. All populations and medical conditions will be considered.
Dr. Sara Garfield
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- medication safety
- medication error
- quality of medication use
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