Results of a medication reconciliation survey from the 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting.

Brian J Clay; Lakshmi Halasyamani; Erin R Stucky; Jeffrey L Greenwald; Mark Williams V

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Results of a medication reconciliation survey from the 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine national meeting.

January 14, 2009

Clay BJ, Halasyamani L, Stucky ER, et al. J Hosp Med. 2008;3(6).

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This study surveyed hospitalists and found significant variability in institutional medication reconciliation practices, increased time demands on providers, and underutilization of pharmacists in the process.

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