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Impact of Medication Reconciliation and Review on Clinical Outcomes

open access: yesAnnals of Pharmacotherapy, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To examine the evidence regarding the effectiveness of medication reconciliation and review and to improve clinical outcomes in hospitals, the community, and aged care facilities.DATA SOURCE: This systematic review was undertaken in ...
Elin C Lehnbom, , Johanna I Westbrook
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Reconciliation of Medications

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2006
I r o p a a s t h t r d c t m f m l PATIENTS ARE most at risk during the transition of care (hand-off) across settings, services, providers, or levels of care. The development, reconciliation, and communication of an accurate medication list throughout the continuum of care are essential in the reduction of transition-related adverse drug events. Goal #
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Beyond Medication Reconciliation

JAMA, 2017
Medication reconciliation is a major focus of quality measurement activities, and according to The Joint Commission, primary care clinicians are expected to reconcile a patient’s medications at every visit.1 In principle, medication reconciliation is quite important; in practice, however, it has failed to have a demonstrable effect on patient outcomes.
Adam J, Rose   +2 more
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Medication Reconciliation: The Priority That Isn’t

Healthcare Quarterly, 2013
Medication reconciliation is a crucial step in safe care, but it is often done inconsistently or inadequately, or missed altogether. This can be dangerous and even deadly for patients, and expensive for the system. In this article, the authors discuss the current status of medication reconciliation in Canada, barriers to its implementation and steps ...
Jane, Coutts   +3 more
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Medication Reconciliation in Ambulatory Oncology

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2007
Few models for medication reconciliation in ambulatory primary or specialty care have been described, perhaps because of the special challenges posed by this environment.Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) created a reconciliation program that was designed as a patient-clinician partnership intervention. Policies that require clinicians to review and
Saul N, Weingart   +6 more
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Medication reconciliation in the emergency department

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2008
Medication reconciliation by pharmacists in the emergency department (ED), a role discussed by various authors,[1][1],[2][2] is a tangible means to justify a pharmacy position. A major concern, however, is how a pharmacist can balance medication reconciliation with his or her other ...
Patrick J, Bridgeman, Kevin O, Rynn
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[Medication reconciliation].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 2019
The purpose of medicines reconciliation (MR) is to avoid medication errors through the complete and accurate transfer of information on patients' medicines during health care sector transitions. We review the rapidly expanding literature on MR showing a need for consensus on taxonomy and research into efficient ways to implement MR.
Søren Fryd, Birkeland   +4 more
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Medication Reconciliation and Hypertension Control

The American Journal of Medicine, 2010
Discrepancies between the medical record and patient medication list are common. The relationship of discrepancies to chronic disease control has not been established.To determine the frequency and type of antihypertensive medication discrepancies between patient-named antihypertensive medications and the medical record, we performed a cross-sectional ...
Stephen D, Persell   +4 more
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Medication Safety and Reconciliation

Home Healthcare Now, 2023
Deborah, Hale, Katherine, Marshall
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Medication Reconciliation: An Important Piece of the Medication Puzzle

The Consultant Pharmacist, 2010
Medication errors continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality. This, in turn, costs the health care system millions of dollars each year in preventable costs. Medication reconciliation, an important piece of medication therapy management (MTM), is vital to reducing medication errors.
Amy K, Kennedy, Sharon B S, Gatewood
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