Medication reconciliation: a necessity in promoting a safe hospital discharge.
Medication errors are among the most common type of patient-safety error and therefore are a priority for organizational performance-improvement efforts. Medication reconciliation has been found to greatly reduce adverse drug and medication events. At one facility, a computer-generated Physician Discharge Medication Worksheet (PDMW) was developed to aid medication reconciliation. Use of this tool led to a reduction in discrepancies in drug frequency and dose, as well as therapeutic duplication, at the time of discharge. Through the use of the PDMW, medication reconciliation has been dramatically improved.
Poole
Donna L
DL
Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. dpoole@ok.mercy.net
Chainakul
Juliane N
JN
Pearson
Mary
M
Graham
LeAnn
L
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009825:Oklahoma; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010351:Patient Discharge; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*