Primary care physician communication at hospital discharge reduces medication discrepancies

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...

Medication Documentation in Nursing Discharge Summaries at Patient Discharge from Special Care to Primary Care

Background: Medication reconciliation problems are common among patients at hospital discharge and can lead to adverse events. The Electronic Nursing Discharge Summary (ENDS) has the potential of reducing discharge medication errors and ensuring the safe handover of care. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe how ENDS supports medication data exchange, cooperation and work practices as well...

Medication discrepancies affecting senior patients at hospital admission.

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...