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Medication Reconciliation

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•Device-related Complications (1)

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•Identification Errors (4)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (108)

•Medication Safety (180)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (63)

•Active Errors (26)

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Medication Reconciliation

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (123)

•Nursing (7)

•Pharmacy (90)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (159)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (146)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (38)

•Patients (13)

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•Hospitals (130)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

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•Ambulatory Care (43)

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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.

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.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Medication Reconciliation Handbook.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; 2006. ISBN: 0866889566.

COMMENTARY

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

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. March 14, 2007.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in acute care: ensuring an accurate drug regimen on admission and discharge.

Rodehaver C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:406-413.

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.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation physician order form.

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

COMMENTARY

Improving care transitions: current practice and future opportunities for pharmacists.

American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Hume AL, Kirwin J, et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2012;32:e326-e337.

REVIEW

Clinical pharmacists and inpatient medical care: a systematic review.

Kaboli PJ, Hoth AB, McClimon BJ, Schnipper JL. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:955-964.

STUDY

An effort to improve electronic health record medication list accuracy between visits: patients' and physicians' response.

Staroselsky M, Volk LA, Tsurikova R, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:153-160.

STUDY

Assessment of a safety enhancement to the hospital medication reconciliation process for elderly patients.

Gizzi LA, Slain D, Hare JT, Sager R, Briggs F 3rd, Palmer CH. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8:127-135.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO views medication reconciliation as adverse-event prevention.

Thompson CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:1528-1532.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a specialized pharmacy team to monitor high-risk medications during discharge.

Martin ES III, Overstreet RL, Jackson-Khalil LR, McCollough HL, Meyer TA, Xu Q. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:18-21.

STUDY

Impact of a pharmacist on medication reconciliation on patient admission to a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Strunk LB, Matson AW, Steinke D. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:643-649.

STUDY

Impact of a pharmacist-facilitated hospital discharge program: a quasi-experimental study.

Walker PC, Bernstein SJ, Tucker Jones JN, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:2003-2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing the medication reconciliation breakdown.

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

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ASHP Statement on the Pharmacist's Role in Medication Reconciliation.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70;453-456.

STUDY

Medication report reduces number of medication errors when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Holmdahl L, Eriksson T, et al. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:928-1231.

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.

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