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

Lucy A. Gizzi; Douglas Slain; Justin T. Hare; Renee Sager; Frank Briggs; Carl H. Palmer

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

May 19, 2010

Gizzi LA, Slain D, Hare JT, et al. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2010;8(2):127-35.

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Direct interviews by pharmacists, combined with application of an algorithm for matching medications with indications, improved the accuracy of the medication reconciliation process for elderly inpatients.

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