Economic evaluation of the impact of medication errors reported by U.S. clinical pharmacists.

Objective: Medication errors defined as "any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm" have been highlighted as a top national priority in a report issued by the Institute of Medicine. However, little information is available on precise costs of medication errors. This study estimated the cost of medication errors reported by clinical pharmacists using a modified societal perspective.

Drug errors and related interventions reported by United States clinical pharmacists: the American College of Clinical Pharmacy practice-based research network medication error detection, amelioration and prevention study.

Objective: To describe and evaluate drug errors and related clinical pharmacist interventions.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study with an online data collection form.

Setting: American College of Clinical Pharmacy practice-based research network (ACCP PBRN).

Outcomes from a mentored research boot camp: Focused Investigator Training (FIT) Program.

Study Objective: To evaluate the change in mentee self-efficacy with regard to research, number of grant submissions, and total amount of new monies awarded to graduates of a novel, mentored, investigator-training program-the Focused Investigator Training (FIT) Program.

Design: Retrospective observational analysis.

Setting: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Research Institute.

The use of sound-field amplification devices in different types of classrooms.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if sound-field amplification (SFA) devices affected student performance in 3 different types of classrooms.

Method: The classroom performance of 147 children (77 males, 70 females, ages 8;2 [years;months] ± 5 months) was measured at the beginning and end of the second semester of their third year in 1 of 4 primary schools in Brisbane, Australia. Each school contained 2 participating classrooms, 1 with and 1 without an SFA device.

Characterizing the American college of clinical pharmacy practice-based research network.

Study Objective: To present the member registry survey methods and characterize the first national clinical pharmacy practice-based research network (PBRN).

Design: Cross-sectional online survey.

Setting: A national clinical pharmacy association.