Approaches for improving continuity of care in medication management: a systematic review.

Anne Spinewine; Coraline Claeys; Veerle Foulon; Pierre Chevalier

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Approaches for improving continuity of care in medication management: a systematic review.

December 29, 2014

Spinewine A, Claeys C, Foulon V, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25(4):403-17.

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This systematic review did not identify any clearly superior strategies of accomplishing medication reconciliation improvement at either hospital admission or hospital discharge.

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