Avoiding a Med-Wreck: a structured medication reconciliation framework and standardized auditing tool utilized to optimize patient safety and reallocate hospital resources

Avoiding a Med-Wreck: a structured medication reconciliation framework and standardized auditing tool utilized to optimize patient safety and reallocate hospital resources

Background: The incidence of preventable adverse drug events (ADE) is approximately one medication error per patient per hospital-day. A quality medication reconciliation (MedRec) process is a crucial intervention used to reduce ADE in the hospital and community setting. Amid the coronavirus disease...

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Main Authors: Almasalkhi, S. (Author), Elbeddini, A. (Author), Elshahawi, A. (Author), Gazarin, M. (Author), Prabaharan, T. (Author), Tran, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2021
Subjects:
Article
Auditing tool
clinical audit
community pharmacist
controlled study
coronavirus disease 2019
cost control
cost effectiveness analysis
Cost-effective analysis
COVID-19
harm reduction
health care access
health care quality
health care system
hospital
hospital cost
hospital discharge
hospital management
hospital physician
hospital readmission
human
inappropriate prescribing
information processing
interpersonal communication
medical staff
medication error
Medication errors
Medication reconciliation
medication therapy management
nursing home
observational study
patient care
patient safety
pharmacy (shop)
questionnaire
resource allocation
shared decision making
stakeholder engagement
standardization
total quality management
workflow
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