Agreeing on global research priorities for medication safety: an international prioritisation exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Medication errors continue to contribute substantially to global morbidity and mortality. In the context of the recent launch of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Third Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm, we sought to establish agreement on research priorities for medication safety.

Methods

We undertook a consensus prioritisation exercise using an approach developed by the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative. Based on a combination of productivity and citations, we identified leading researchers in patient and medication safety and invited them to participate. We also extended the invitation to a further pool of experts from the WHO Global Patient Safety Network. All experts independently generated research ideas, which

SUBMITTER: Sheikh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6393844 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature