Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation.

Yun Lu; Pamela Clifford; Andreas Bjorneby; Bruce Thompson; Samuel VanNorman; Katie Won; Kevin Larsen

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Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation.

June 12, 2013

Lu Y, Clifford P, Bjorneby A, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70(9):815-20.

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This commentary describes how one hospital developed a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation initiative to improve discharge order processes and reduce readmissions.

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