Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post-discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements.

Rachel Urban; Evgenia Paloumpi; Nooresameen Rana; Julie Morgan

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Communicating medication changes to community pharmacy post-discharge: the good, the bad, and the improvements.

September 4, 2013

Urban R, Paloumpi E, Rana N, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2013;35(5):813-20.

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Community pharmacists in England rarely receive post-discharge information regarding medication changes, which may increase the risk of medication discrepancies and adverse drug events.

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