UNLABELLED The Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee guidelines call for a detailed medication history to be taken at the first point of admission to an Emergency Department (ED). The elderly, in particular those residing in Residential Aged Care Facilities and those with a non-English speaking background, have been identified as patient groups vulnerable to medication misadventure. OB...

In Belgian hospitals, drug histories of patients taken on admission are generally collected by medical trainees, physicians and nurses. As errors in drug histories may lead to medication errors and adverse drug events, we aimed at comparing the data obtained by a clinical pharmacist with those obtained by the nurses in a surgical orthopaedic ward. In this four months study, 50 patients, with a ...

INTRODUCTION Patients with complex medical care needs often embark on multiple care transitions over an extended period of time. As these patients or their caregivers often become the chief source of communication for complex medical situations, each transition can create an opportunity for health care errors. Combining the efforts of the established departments of Chronic Care Coordination (CC...

BackgroundMedication discrepancies at transitions of care may compromise patient safety. Trained pharmacy technicians can reduce harmful medication by collecting histories.ObjectiveWe describe how to create a program integrating history (MHTs) into the hospital discharge process using implementation science.Practice descriptionWe created our MHT Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital.Practice innovatio...

OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were to assess the adherence to medication of hypertensive patients visiting community health stations in a rural area in Vietnam, to examine the relationship between levels of adherence and cardiovascular risk among hypertensive patients and to further understand factors influencing adherence. METHODS This study is part of a prospective one-year study co...

Most of the time discharge from the hospital after hospitalization involves disturbance of care, multiple changes in medications and medication regimens, and insufficient patient education, which can cause several adverse drug events (ADEs) and unnecessary health care utilization that can be avoided. The objective of this study is to determine the impact of clinical pharmacist intervention on d...