An open-label study is the only option because of the involvement of the participants in the medication reconciliation procedure. Blinding Participants will not be blinded to the allocation because this is not practically or economically feasible. Moreover, given the nature of the intervention, no ...
Medication reconciliation is now a standard of care in all hospitals. The implementation of formal processes to document current medications and to communicate the patient’s complete list of medications during transitions of care has been an expectation of the Joint Commission since 2005. In 2014...
In spite of the importance of medication reconciliation, the usefulness of home medication histories as predictors of clinical outcomes remains unexplored. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the medical records of 322 intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The predictors of interest...
are well placed to perform this activity as they already routinely perform medication reconciliation on discharge to ensure discharge medication orders are accurate, and to identify medication changes in order to communicate these to patients, carers and community pharmacies. There is evidence that pharma...
Note: Abbreviations: AMU, acute medical unit; BPMH, best-possible medication history; ED, emergency department; MedRec, medication reconciliation; PPMC, partnered pharmacist medication charting. * BPMH was limited to within 48 h post-admission (i.e., until the MedRec time) in the usual care ...
and the medication reconciliation process provided by caregivers in the beginning of the study. In addition, the fact that the included caregivers had high self-efficacy created less room for significant improvements [33]. Similarly, in one of the studies included in this review [25], the medica...