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Medication Reconciliation

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•Device-related Complications (1)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (93)

•Medication Safety (181)

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•Surgical Complications (3)

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•Tools/Toolkit (9)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (65)

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Medication Reconciliation

Clinical Areas

•Medicine (128)

•Nursing (7)

•Pharmacy (78)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (162)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (153)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (42)

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COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

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

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

REVIEW

Use of information technology in medication reconciliation: a scoping review.

Bassi J, Lau F, Bardal S. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:885-897.

STUDY

Reconciling medications at admission: safe practice recommendations and implementation strategies.

Rogers G, Alper E, Brunelle D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:37-50.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in the emergency department: opportunities for workflow redesign.

Hummel J, Evans PC, Lee H. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:531-535.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

STUDY

Implementation of a medication reconciliation process in an ambulatory internal medicine clinic.

Nassaralla CL, Naessens JM, Chaudhry R, Hansen MA, Scheitel SM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:90-94.

TOOLKIT

Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council.

Leonhardt K, Bonin K, Pagel P. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080048.

TOOLKIT

Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Medication Reconciliation Toolkit.

Chicago, IL: Northwestern Memorial Hospital; 2007.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation in ambulatory care: attempts at improvement.

Nassaralla CL, Naessens JM, Hunt VL, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:402-407.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Leadership, culture and medication safety.

Most Wired Magazine. February 2008.

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.

TOOLKIT

Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit.

Touchette DR, Stubbings J, Schumock G. Effective Healthcare Research Report No. 38. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC027-EF.

COMMENTARY

An anesthesiology department leads culture change at a hospital system level to improve quality and patient safety.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Faggiani SL, Lazar EJ, Kerr GE. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:153-167.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in a community, nonteaching hospital.

Wortman SB. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2047-2054.

COMMENTARY

The challenge of medication reconciliation.

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. May 10, 2006.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers 6.

Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2012;15:1-72.