Our study confirms that a major reduction of medication discrepancies can be achieved by use of pharmacy technicians supervised by hospital pharmacists. The supervision was not necessary to correct ...

Background: Medication errors occur regularly in surgical patients, especially due to transfer problems at the time of hospital admission. A method for decreasing the ...

FORT LEE, Va. (May 29, 2014) -- What is Medication Reconciliation? It's is a process to prevent medication errors. One might ask, how is this handled at Kenner Army Health Clinic? Kenner has a process ...

CHICAGO – Obtaining complete and accurate medication histories of patients and instituting a medication reconciliation program are vital to reducing medication errors, a new study conducted at ...

The authors used aggregate pharmacy claims data available within a primary care electronic health record to identify a high rate of medication discrepancies. ABSTRACTObjectives: Methods for efficient ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has offered seven guiding principles for healthcare organizations designing a medication reconciliation process. The guiding principles are part of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the rise of hospitalists, in an inpatient setting, this process is often handled and overseen by hospital ...

Proper medication reconciliation can help prevent adverse drug events by identifying exactly what medications a patient was taking before coming to the hospital and confirming appropriate medication ...

To do medication reconciliation right, providers should aim for a “correct” medication list, according to a recent op-ed. Despite the recent focus on medication reconciliation as a quality metric, the ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Databank (FDB), the leading provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes, today ...