title: Online medication history retrieval.
abstract: The difficulty of obtaining accurate medication history from inmates at the time of incarceration is daunting. This article summarizes the success of a large urban jail in the use of online data to identify medication history upon incarceration. This article describes the scope of available prescription data, the implementation of online retrieval, system limitations, planned improvements, and suggestions of additional applications of online retrieval services.
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Prison System, Philadelphia, PA, USA bruce.herdman@prisons.phila.gov.
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Herdman
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Prison System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Sandy R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Prison System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Reed Bosch
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Domer-Shank
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D059065:Medication Reconciliation / Q000379:methods*; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: history; jail; online; prescription; retrieval