Reconcilable differences: correcting medication errors at hospital admission and discharge.

T Vira; M Colquhoun; E Etchells

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Reconcilable differences: correcting medication errors at hospital admission and discharge.

April 19, 2006

Vira T, Colquhoun M, Etchells E. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(2):122-6.

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The researchers evaluated variances in patients' recorded medication use at admission and at discharge and found that a medication reconciliation process identified most variances.

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