The New Zealand medical journal
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Multicenter Study
Medication-related patient harm in New Zealand hospitals.
The purpose of this study is to identify patterns of medication-related harm from a national perspective, and to use this information to inform decisions on where to focus medication safety efforts. This study updates a 2013 study using the same methodology. ⋯ This paper confirms earlier work that medication-related harms are common, occur both in hospitals and in the community, and are a substantial burden for patients and our healthcare system. Work is underway at local and national levels to decrease this harm, with a focus on the high-risk medicines most commonly implicated.