Electronic health records have a big role to play in improving hospitals' medication reconciliation, a new study finds, but challenges related to data quality, technology and workflow remain. [See ...

A clinic visit, hospital admission, or transition in care often begins with medication reconciliation. Developed to provide safer, more coordinated, and better-quality care, medication reconciliation ...

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 authors propose statewide programs that would expand the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for all medications-not just opiates-in order to reduce outpatient medication errors. In the ...

Background: Hospital discharge is an interface of care when patients are at a high risk of medication discrepancies as they transition from hospital to home. These discrepancies are important, as they ...

The elderly and chronically ill patients are typically challenged with many drugs and complicated dosing regimens, often leading to medication errors. Medication errors are one of the most common ...

Researchers implemented a medication reconciliation interview to improve accuracy of and adherence to medication reconciliation. DENVER — Implementation of a standardized medication reconciliation ...

Adverse drug events and the challenges of clarifying and adhering to complex medication regimens are central drivers of hospital readmissions. Medication reconciliation programs can reduce the ...

Please could tell us what adverse drug events (ADEs) are and why they occur? Adverse drug effects are harms caused by the use of a medication. There are many different types of ADEs, including ...

Barriers and facilitators to implementation of serial point-of-care hearing tests using a novel iPad-based audiometry in platinum chemotherapy-treated cancer patients (pts). PDSA 1 Sept (n=247) 1.2 ...

Phase Ib Study of BI 836880 (VEGF/Ang2 nanobody) in Combination With Ezabenlimab (anti–PD-1 antibody) in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors Accurate medication reconciliation is ...

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 ...