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Medication Reconciliation

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Medication Reconciliation

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•Medicine (132)

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•Health Care Providers (170)

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COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation physician order form.

Lacy JL, Wilkinson ST. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:1117-1120.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing the medication reconciliation breakdown.

Starr D, West L. Most Wired Magazine. November 9, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

Perry LE. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Practitioners agree on medication reconciliation value, but frustration and difficulties abound.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 13, 2006;11:1-2.

STUDY

Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation.

Kramer JS, Hopkins PJ, Rosendale JC, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:404-422.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Accuracy at every step: the challenge of medication reconciliation.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web site. March 20, 2006.

COMMENTARY

What medications does your patient take? Enhancing medication safety in the outpatient setting.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. March 14, 2007.

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

Clinical outcomes of a home-based medication reconciliation program after discharge from a skilled nursing facility.

Delate T, Chester EA, Stubbings TW, Barnes CA. Pharmacotherapy. 2008;28:444-452.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Legality of technicians' involvement in medication reconciliation not clear.

Thompson CA. AJHP News. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:433-434.

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

Medication reconciliation: developing and implementing a program.

Schwarz M, Wyskiel R. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006;18:503-507.

BOOK/REPORT

Medication Needs During Transitions May Not Be Managed for All Servicemembers.

Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; November 2, 2012. Publication GAO-13-26.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Building a case for medication reconciliation.

Nurse Advise-ERR. April 2006;4:1-3.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation in a community pharmacy setting.

Johnson CM, Marcy TR, Harrison DL, Young RE, Stevens EL, Shadid J. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2010;50:523-526.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How two rights can make a wrong.

Markel H. New York Times. February 25, 2007;4:5.

TOOLKIT

Med List.

Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, Massachusetts Medical Society.

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.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Using medication reconciliation to prevent errors.

Sentinel Event Alert. January 25, 2006;(35):1-4.

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