Hospital puts pharmacists in ED to reduce med errors

A Texas hospital has stationed pharmacists in its emergency department in hopes of reducing medication errors. According to a report by NPR, Children's Medical Center in Dallas is using pharmacists who specialize in emergency medicine to examine each prescription to ensure both the dose and the prescription are correct.


	"Every single order I put in is reviewed in real time by a pharmacist in the emergency department prior to dispensing and administering the medication." —Rustin Morse, MD, Children's Medical Center, Dallas

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