Effect of Misalignment between Hospital and Provincial Formularies on Medication Discrepancies at Discharge: PPITS (Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapeutic Substitution) Study

Effect of Misalignment between Hospital and Provincial Formularies on Medication Discrepancies at Discharge: PPITS (Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapeutic Substitution) Study.

BACKGROUND Medication discrepancies may occur on admission, transfer, or discharge from hospital. Therapeutic interchange within a drug class is a common practice in hospitals, and orders for specific proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are often substituted with the hospital's formulary PPI through therapeutic interchange protocols. Rabeprazole is the PPI on the formulary of the British Columbia Pha...

Medication Discrepancies at Pediatric Hospital Discharge.

BACKGROUND The pediatric hospital discharge process presents significant challenges, and medication discrepancies remain an unsolved problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the discrepancy rates at the time of discharge when multiple sources of medication documentation exist, and to characterize the medication discrepancies into error type, medication category, and discharge summary...

[Conciliation discrepancies at hospital discharge].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and describe the non-justified discrepancies found on reconciling chronic medication prescribed to patients when discharged from hospital. Secondly, the impact of the reconciliation process is evaluated by assessing the seriousness of the discrepancies. DESIGN Cality study. SETTING Short Stay Medical Unit in Elda General Hospital, Alicante, Spain. PARTICIPANTS All pa...

Unintended medication discrepancies at the time of hospital admission.

BACKGROUND Prior studies suggest that unintended medication discrepancies that represent errors are common at the time of hospital admission. These errors are particularly worthy of attention because they are not likely to be detected by computerized physician order entry systems. METHODS We prospectively studied patients reporting the use of at least 4 regular prescription medications who we...

Medication discrepancies affecting senior patients at hospital admission.