title: Reconciliation failures lead to medication errors.
abstract: Poor communication of medical information at transition points of care--at admission, transfer, and discharge--often results in medication errors, but various strategies can reduce the likelihood of error.
authors.affiliation: Educational Program Initiatives, United States Pharmacopeia Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety, Rockville, Maryland, USA. jps@usp.org
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santell
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010343:Patient Admission; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States