Medication reconciliation and hypertension control.

Stephen D. Persell; Stacy Cooper Bailey; Joyce Tang; Terry C. Davis; Michael S. Wolf

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Medication reconciliation and hypertension control.

March 24, 2010

Persell SD, Bailey SC, Tang J, et al. Am J Med. 2010;123(2):182.e9-182.e15.

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Medication reconciliation discrepancies—differences between the medical record and patient self-report of their antihypertensive medications—occurred in 75% of patients in this study. These discrepancies were associated with a higher likelihood of uncontrolled hypertension. Prior research has addressed the difficult question of medication reconciliation in ambulatory care.

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