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Levick D et al. - Medication reconciliation has proven to be challenging for the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), which has wrestled through a variety of challenges to implement a medication reconciliation solution to help proactively manage patient medications at each step. LVHN’s approach has tightened the process by providing technology support to the clinical workflow, thereby preventing potential errors before they occur.

Today in Facilities Planning...keeping you current

Quality improvement and the hierarchy of needs in low resource settings: perspective of a district health officer
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 12/17/09

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AHC Media, 12/17/09

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Today in IT/Medical Records...keeping you current

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