Family-identified barriers to medication reconciliation.
OBJECTIVE
This study aims to discover family-identified barriers to providing medication information, family ability to provide medication information, and family suggestions to improve the medication reconciliation process.


METHODS
One hundred families with a child with a chronic condition on daily-prescribed medication completed a 10-question survey.


RESULTS
Families identified not knowing, forgetting, and ability to provide information as the main reasons for not bringing medication. Half of the families that did not bring medication could not provide complete information. Families wanted to be reminded multiple times in different ways.


CONCLUSIONS
Many families are unable to provide complete medication information.
University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. krileylawless@aol.com
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Riley-Lawless
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008509:Medication Systems; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010290:Parents; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000451:nursing; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care