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•Health Care Providers (180)

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STUDY

Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.

Boockvar KS, Carlson Lacorte H, Giambanco V, Fridman B, Siu A. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:236-243.

STUDY

Effectiveness of a pharmacist–nurse intervention on resolving medication discrepancies for patients transitioning from hospital to home health care.

Setter SM, Corbett CF, Neumiller JJ, Gates BJ, Sclar DA, Sonnett TE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:2027-2031.

STUDY

Effect of medication reconciliation at hospital admission on medication discrepancies during hospitalization and at discharge for geriatric patients.

Cornu P, Steurbaut S, Leysen T, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:484-494.

REVIEW

Drug-related problems in older people after hospital discharge and interventions to reduce them.

Garcia-Caballos M, Ramos-Diaz F, Jimenez-Moleon JJ, Bueno-Cavanillas A. Age Ageing. 2010;39:430-438.

STUDY

Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study.

Alassaad A, Gillespie U, Bertilsson M, Melhus H, Hammarlund-Udenaes M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19:185-191.

STUDY

Medication details documented on hospital discharge: cross-sectional observational study of factors associated with medication non-reconciliation.

Grimes TC, Duggan CA, Delaney TP, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:449-457.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey results: community liaison programs to decrease hospital readmissions.

ISMP Medication Safey Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 7, 2013;18:1-3.

STUDY

Developing a programme for medication reconciliation at the time of admission into hospital.

Manzorro AG, Zoni AC, Rieiro CR, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2011;33:603-609.

STUDY

Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people.

Barber ND, Alldred DP, Raynor DK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:341-346.

STUDY

Improving the discharge process by embedding a discharge facilitator in a resident team.

Finn KM, Heffner R, Chang Y, et al. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:494-500.

STUDY

Reported medication errors after introducing an electronic medication management system.

Redley B, Botti M. J Clin Nurs. 2013;22:579-589.

STUDY

Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors.

Hellström LM, Bondesson A, Höglund P, Eriksson T. BMC Clin Pharmacol. 2012;12:9.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in the hospital: what, why, where, when, who and how?

Fernandes O, Shojania KG. Healthc Q. 2012;15:42-49.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation accuracy and patient understanding of intended medication changes on hospital discharge.

Ziaeian B, Araujo KLB, Van Ness PH, Horwitz LI. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:1513-1520.

STUDY

Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service.

Climente-Martí M, García-Mañón ER, Artero-Mora AA, Jiménez-Torres NV. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1747-1754.

STUDY

Prescribing discrepancies likely to cause adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Liu S, Goldstein N, Nebeker J, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:32-36.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

REVIEW

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Hospital-based medication reconciliation practices: a systematic review.

Mueller SK, Sponsler KC, Kripalani S, Schnipper JL. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1057-1069.

REVIEW

Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Kwan JL, Lo L, Sampson M, Shojania KG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):397-403.

STUDY

Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Deierborg E, Holmdahl L, Höglund P, Eriksson T. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:840-845.

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