Unplanned medication-related hospital readmission following transfer to a residential care facility. J Pharm Pract Res 2009;39:216e18.Elliott RA, Taylor SE, Harvey PA, et al. Unplanned medication-related hospital readmission following transfer to a residential care facility . J Pharm Pract Res 2009...
Finally, we ex- cluded patients without active prior prescriptions, or pa- tients coming from, or being discharged to another acute or chronic care facility, as these patients also dif- fered too much from the typical acute care cases. Tasks and timing of medication reconciliation processes ...
A 13-year-old male was admitted to an inpatient facility as a result of escalating aggression and disruptive social behaviors. He displayed other symptoms including a 5-day period of reduced need for sleep (2–3 h per night), pacing, wandering, rambling, overtly sexual behavior, attempting to...
Forms shall include but not be limited to: a.) Medication and treatment administration record;b.) Non-formulary request form;c.) Physician order form or profile form, if applicable; d.)Medication profile(patient profile record);e.) Declining inventory form (for control of medications);f.) Ba...
Does the addition of a pharmacist transition coordinator improve evidence-based medication management and health outcomes in older adults moving from the hospital to a long-term care facility? Results of a randomized, controlled trial. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2004;2:257–64. Article PubMed ...
Axxess Home Health now enables users to reconcile patients’ active medications with the new Medi-Span drug database. This process facilitates a seamless transition to Medi-Span by eliminating the need for manual re-entry of medications.
A patient who was transferred from one hospital to another received a duplicate dose of insulin because the receiving nurse didn't know the medication had been given before transfer. The patient's medication history had not been provided to the receiving facility until several hours after the pati...
The term hospital environment should be construed broadly herein to mean any medical care facility, including but not limited to a hospital, treatment center, clinic, doctor's office, day surgery center, hospice, nursing home, and any of the above associated with a home care environment. As ...
[54]. A possible explanation is poor communication between settings, potentially leading to prescribing errors. When questioned on ways to improve quality and safety of care transfer, NH and emergency department staff raised several strategies, including the use of a standardized transfer form, a ...
(3) developing deprescribing scripts, (4) developing prescribing guidelines for geriatric patients with multiple co-morbidities, (5) making electronic medication charts and records accessible to all healthcare professionals, and (6) empowering facility level Medication Advisory Committee to determine ...