Organizations join forces against Joint Commission medication rules.
Leading emergency medicine organizations debate new standards on prescription review and medication reconciliation with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Every medication given to patients in the ED must be reviewed by a pharmacist unless there is an urgent need to give the drug. All patients who present to the ED must have a full reconciliation of all of their medications. If the patient or family members cannot complete medication reconciliation, their primary care physician or pharmacy must be contacted.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States