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Reconciling medications at admission: safe practice recommendations and implementation strategies.
Rogers G, Alper E, Brunelle D, et al. Reconciling Medications at Admission: Safe Practice Recommendations and Implementation Strategies. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;32(1):37-50. doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32006-5.
Medication reconciliation is a targeted National Patient Safety Goal. This study describes the experiences of 50 Massachusetts hospitals that collaborated in an initiative to implement a medication reconciliation process. The authors provide a summary of their safe practice recommendations and share their reconciliation form and accompanying instructions for use. They discuss the role and importance of leadership support, assembling a multidisciplinary team, maintaining a narrow focus to foster rapid changes to the process, and implementing the process into everyday workflow. Overall, the authors provide a practical, step-by-step experiential guide for institutions and individuals committed to the important medication reconciliation initiative.
