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Safe Medication Reconciliation: An Intervention to Improve Residents' Medication Reconciliation Skills [PDF]

Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2015
ABSTRACT Background Medication errors during hospitalization are a major patient safety concern. Medication reconciliation is an effective tool to reduce medication errors, yet internal medicine residents rarely receive formal education on the process.
Cherinne, Arundel, Jessica, Logan, Ribka, Ayana, Jacqueline, Gannuscio, Jennifer, Kerns, Rebecca, Swenson   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Analysis of the medication reconciliation process conducted at hospital admission [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2016
Objective: To analyze the outcomes of a medication reconciliation process at admission in the hospital setting. To assess the role of the Pharmacist in detecting reconciliation errors and preventing any adverse events entailed.
María Beatriz Contreras Rey, Yolanda Arco Prados, Ernesto Sánchez Gómez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medication reconciliation: Risk Factors and Ways to Improve Efficiency [PDF]

, 2021
Medication reconciliation; which patients are at high risk of medication errors at admission.
Ebbens, M.M. (Marieke)
core   +1 more source

Medication Reconciliation in the Elderly [PDF]

, 2018
Medication therapy is the most prevalent and critical intervention of health delivery and the source of most errors in healthcare. Medication errors and associated adverse drug events (ADE) have serious health and economic ramifications, and in elderly ...
Litell, Munjanja Yvonne
core   +1 more source

Medication histories documentation at the community pharmacy setting: A study from Jordan.

PLoS ONE, 2019
OBJECTIVES:The main objective of this study was to evaluate community pharmacists' awareness and perception about medication reconciliation service and to assess the completeness of collecting patients' medication histories in the community pharmacy ...
Rana Abu Farha, Khawla Abu Hammour, Tareq Mukattash, Raja Alqudah, Rand Aljanabi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medication management for patients with hip fracture at a regional hospital and associated primary care units in Norway: a descriptive study based on a survey of clinicians’ experience and a review of patient records

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Patients with hip fracture are at high risk of medication errors due to a combination of high age, comorbidities, polypharmacy and several care transitions after fracture.
Liv Mathiesen, Maren Nordsveen Davies, Yvonne Andersson, Ben Tore Henriksen, Maria Krogseth, Caroline Thy Nguyen, Randi Dovland Andersen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital: An Interactive Case-Based Session for Internal Medicine Residents

MedEdPORTAL, 2018
Introduction Medication reconciliation is a complex process of creating and maintaining the most accurate medication list for a patient to help guide therapy. Done incorrectly, the process of medication reconciliation can lead to medical error and result
Michael McShane, Rachel Stark
doaj   +1 more source

A qualitative study describing nursing home nurses sensemaking to detect medication order discrepancies

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Medication reconciliation is a safety practice to identify medication order discrepancies when patients’ transitions between settings. In nursing homes, registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs), each group with different ...
Amy Vogelsmeier, Ruth A. Anderson, Allison Anbari, Lawrence Ganong, Amany Farag, MaryAnn Niemeyer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of pharmacy services upon admission to an orthopedic surgery unit

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2021
Background In Lebanon, the role of the pharmacist remains underestimated in the medication reconciliation process, especially in surgical departments. This study aims to assess the impact of pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation performed within
Ahmad El Ouweini, Lamis R. Karaoui, Nibal Chamoun, Chahine Assi, Kaissar Yammine, Elsy Ramia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source