Effect of medication reconciliation on patient reported potential adverse events after hospital discharge.
Stuijt CCM, Bekker CL, van den Bemt BJF, et al. Effect of medication reconciliation on patient reported potential adverse events after hospital discharge. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021;17(8):1426-1432. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.10.012.
This multicenter prospective study explored the effect of medication reconciliation on patient-reported, potential adverse events post-discharge. Although the intervention – which consisted of a pharmacy team providing patient both education and medication review upon admission and discharge as well as information transfer to primary care – did not decrease the proportion of patients with adverse events, it did reduce the number of potential adverse events.