title: [Assessment of perception about medication reconciliation among healthcare professionals at Saint-Justine hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our main objective is to assess nurses and doctors perception about medication reconciliation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. We have created three surveys, one for each health worker (nurses, doctors, resident, pharmacists). Each survey consists of single or multi-choice closed questions. A four-point Likert scale was used to collect the perception. Descriptive statistics have been calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 114 nurses, 98 doctors and residents and 26 pharmacists from all care services, replied to the survey. The majority of doctors (58%), pharmacists (60%) and nurses (52%) recognized the relevance and utility of medication reconciliation in healthcare safety. However, few healthcare professionals (6% of doctors, 13% of nurses et 46% of pharmacists) know that medication reconciliation is a required organizational practice. Only 25% of doctors always consult the best possible medication history after a patient admission while the majority do not use it because of unreliability issues. So, there have been some major changes to optimize medication reconciliation process in our hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows a increasing interest to medication reconciliation by healthcare professionals. However, the use of medication reconciliation remains marginal.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en pratique pharmaceutique, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, H3T 1C5 Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Drancourt
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en pratique pharmaceutique, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, H3T 1C5 Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en pratique pharmaceutique, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, H3T 1C5 Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lebel
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche en pratique pharmaceutique, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, H3T 1C5 Montréal, QC, Canada; Faculté de pharmacie, université de Montréal, CP 6128, succursale Centre-ville, H3C 3J7 Montréal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: jf.bussieres@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bussières
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D059065:Medication Reconciliation / Q000379:methods*; D009726:Nurses; D061214:Patient Safety; D010595:Pharmacists; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D010820:Physicians
keywords: Best possible medication history; Bilan comparatif des médicaments; Conciliation médicamenteuse; Discrepancy; Divergences; Hospitalisation; Medication reconciliation; Medications; Meilleur schéma thérapeutique possible; Médicaments