Nurse practitioner–led medication reconciliation in critical access hospitals.

Lufei Young; Susan Barnason; Krystal Hays; Van Do

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Nurse practitioner–led medication reconciliation in critical access hospitals.

July 8, 2015

Young L, Barnason S, Hays K, et al. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2015;11(5).

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This pre-post study demonstrated that nurse practitioner–led medication reconciliation was effective in reducing medication discrepancies among patients discharged from hospital to home. This finding adds to the evidence that risks associated with hospital discharge can be mitigated by health care teams.

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