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To download a sample version of ASC Durango’s medication reconciliation form you can adapt for use in your own surgery center, click here (pdf). Need to meet the looming CMS mandates—without ripping ...
The electronic medication reconciliation documentation process developed and implemented at our institution could be adapted and implemented in other facilities. Requirements for successful ...
Download the medication safety reconciliation toolkit (pdf) developed by the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety for use by your facility. Note: View our database providing ...
Medication reconciliation is the process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking and comparing that list against the physician’s orders at each ...
Purpose: The effectiveness of a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation process was studied in an inpatient family medicine unit of an academic hospital center. Methods: In phase 1 of this two ...
Implementation of pharmacy technician-centered medication reconciliation program at an urban teaching medical center. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 71 :51–6.
University Hospital couldn't locate Florence Illardo's "Medication Discharge Reconciliation Form," a key piece of evidence in her case, said court papers.
Key challenges to effective medication reconciliation include improving access to reliable medication histories and refining EHR usability.
Medication reconciliation itself also is more difficult these day, Byrne said, because patients have more chronic diseases and are on more medications than they were 20 years ago.
Hospitals that let pharmacists hold a lead role in med reconciliation see dramatically more accurate patient information during admission and discharge and fewer errors. Accurate med ...