Medication Reconciliation Limitations: Observation of the Medication Reconciliation Process in the Emergency Department by Two Immersion Pharmacy Students
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Pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation in an emergency department.
PURPOSE The effect of pharmacist conducted medication reconciliation on compliance with a hospital's medication reconciliation policy was studied. METHODS In this eight-week pilot study, one pharmacist worked in the emergency department (ED) to facilitate the safe and accurate transfer of medication histories for admitted patients. During the first four weeks, retrospective chart review was p...
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has defined medication reconciliation as “a formal process of obtaining a complete and accurate list of each patient’s current home medications—including name, dosage, frequency and route— and comparing the physician’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders to that list. Discrepancies are brought to the attention of the prescriber and, if appropria...
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Involving pharmacists in the process of comparing the medications that should be ordered for a patient with the new medications that are currently ordered and resolving differences improves accuracy, decreases mortality, and improves transitions of care.
متن کاملImpact of pharmacy-led medication reconciliation on medication errors during transition in the hospital setting.
OBJECTIVE To assess if the pharmacy department should be more involved in the medication reconciliation process to assist in the reduction of medication errors that occur during transition of care points in the hospital setting. METHODS This was an observational prospective cohort study at a 531-bed hospital in Pensacola, FL from June 1, 2014 to August 31, 2014. Patients were included in the ...
متن کاملChapter 38. Medication Reconciliation
According to the Institute of Medicine’s Preventing Medication Errors report, the average hospitalized patient is subject to at least one medication error per day. This confirms previous research findings that medication errors represent the most common patient safety error. More than 40 percent of medication errors are believed to result from inadequate reconciliation in handoffs during admiss...
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عنوان ژورنال: INNOVATIONS in pharmacy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2155-0417
DOI: 10.24926/iip.v7i4.466