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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.

The investigators examined the effect of pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation on the occurrence of discrepancy-related adverse drug events for patients returning to nursing homes after a hospital stay.

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Study

Setting of Care

Hospitals

Residential Facilities

Target Audience

Physicians

Pharmacists

Risk Managers

Clinical Area

General Internal Medicine

Geriatrics

Hospital Medicine

Pharmacy

Safety Target

Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems

Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Error Types

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

Approach to Improving Safety

Error Analysis

Clinical Pharmacist Involvement

Medication Reconciliation

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America