Medication Error Quality Initiative


NC Dept of Health & Human Services
Division of Health Service Regulation

Reports and Articles

Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008

Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, October 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007


Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, October 1, 2005 - September 30, 2006


Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005

Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, January 1, 2004 - September 30, 2004

A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook (Property of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)



Greene, S.B., Williams, CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA, and Carey, TS. "Medication Error Reporting in Nursing Homes: Identifying Targets for Patient Safety Improvement." Quality and Safety in Health Care, (accepted for publication, March 2009)

Pierson S., Hansen R., Greene S.B., Williams C., Akers, R., Jonsson M., and Carey, T., "Preventing Medication Errors in Long-Term Care: Results and Evaluation of a Large Scale Web-Based Error Reporting System," Quality and Safety in Health Care, Vol. 16, pp. 297-302, August 2007.

Greene, S.B., Williams, C.E., Hansen, R., Crook, K.D., Akers, R., and Carey, T.S., "Medication Errors in Nursing Homes: A State's Experience Implementing a Reporting System," Journal of Patient Safety, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.181-189, December 2005.

Hansen, R.A., Greene, S.B., Williams, C.E., Blalock, S.J., Crook, K.D., Akers, R., and Carey, T.S., "Types of Medication Errors in North Carolina Nursing Homes: A Target for Quality Improvement," The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 52-61, March 2006.