Concordance between medication histories and outpatient electronic prescription claims in patients hospitalized with heart failure.
Using an electronic prescription claims database and electronic hospital records, we retrospectively compared outpatient heart failure (HF) prescriptions dispensed with reported use obtained during medication histories taken at hospital admission. We found significant disagreement between each source for all but one HF medication class.
Seaton
Terry L
TL
St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Gergen
Shannon S
SS
Reichley
Richard M
RM
Dunagan
Wm Claiborne
WC
Bailey
Thomas C
TC
D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010045:Outpatients; D012189:Retrospective Studies