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, 2009 - September 30, 2010

Nursing Home Medication Error Quality Initiative, October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009


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 SB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Hansen RA and Carey TS. Online Medication Error Graphic Reports: A Pilot in North Carolina Nursing Homes. Journal of Patient Safety, March 2011 (In Press).

Hansen, RA, Cornell, PY, Ryan, PB, Williams, CE, Pierson, S, and Greene, SB. Patterns in Nursing Home Medication Errors: Disproportionality Analysis as a Novel Method to Identify Quality Improvement Opportunities. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19: 1087-1094, August 2010.

Crespin , DJ, Modi AV, Wei, D, Williams, CE, Greene, SB, Pierson S, and Hansen RA. Repeat Medication Errors in Nursing Homes: Contributing Factors and their Association with Patient Harm. American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 2010 June:8(3):258-70

Greene, SB, 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, 2010, June: 19(3):218:22.

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.

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.

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.