Complete medication reconciliation during hospital admission is the rationale for further treatment decisions. A consecutive, controlled intervention study was conducted to assess discrepancies in...
Medication administration and dosing are some of the most critical components of healthcare. Improper dosing or mistakes during the prescription process contributes to thousands of healthcare complications each year and billions of dollars in healthcare spending. While providers follow good prescribing principles to dole out the appropriate medication and reduce error rates, the dosing protocols and some failures in the healthcare system account for many errors in patient care. Each year, health...
1 There is need for a uniformly acceptable and accepted definition of what constitutes a medication and what processes are encompassed by reconciliation. Clarifying these terms is critical...
Methods to prevent medication errors from occurring (eg, use of information technology, better drug labeling, and medication reconciliation) have been used with varying success. When an...
8 Definition Medication reconciliation is the process of comparing a patient's medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking. This reconciliation is done to...
Electronic medication reconciliation tends to reduce the risk of ADE; however, these conclusions were limited due to a lack of consistency in study settings, interventions, and outcome definitions...
Objectives: ; Differentiate between different types of medication errors. ; Identify the common causes of medication errors. ; Implement strategies to minimize medication prescription and administration errors.
Unroe KT, Pfeiffenberger T, Riegelhaupt S, Jastrzembski J, Lokhnygina Y, Colón-Emeric C: Inpatient medication reconciliation at admission and discharge: A retrospective cohort study of age...
© Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada 2009® Slide 3 Agenda Medication Reconciliation Updates: State of the Nation Acute Care Long Term Care (LTC) Tools Measurement Update Clarity, Freque...
Medication Safety in Polypharmacy Technical Report Medication Safety in Polypharmacy Technical Report WHO/UHC/SDS/2019.11... Medication Safety in Polypharmacy. Geneva: World Health...