Medication reconciliation: is there a better way?
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Why do so many hospitals find the task of medication reconciliation so difficult? In part, it's because so many people are involved in tracking the medications a patient takes before, during and after a hospital stay. "There are so many folks in this marriage that it's difficult to manage," says Chris Snyder, D.O., chief medical information officer at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Health data management
دوره 18 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010