Medication reconciliation by a pharmacist in the Emergency Department: A pilot project

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-242

  Kent, Andrea J ^a   Harrington, Louise ^a   Skinner, Jill ^a  

^a Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HOME MEDICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 67650829087     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4212/cjhp.v62i3.794     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Million Lives Campaign. Getting started kit: prevent adverse drug events (medication reconciliation): how-to guide. Cambridge (MA): Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 2008 [cited 2005 Oct 14]. Available from: http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/PatientSafety/MedicationSystems/
2. Baker GR, Norton PG, Flintoft V, Blais R, Brown A, Cox J, et al. The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada. CMAJ 2004;170(11):1678-1686. (Pubitemid 38758745)
3. Gleason KM, Groszek JM, Sullivan C, Rooney D, Barnard C, Noskin GA. Reconciliation of discrepancies in medication histories and admission orders of newly hospitalized patients. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2004;61(16):1689-1695. (Pubitemid 39481380)
4. Leape LL, Bates DW, Cullen DJ, Cooper J, Demonaco HJ, Gallivan T, et al.; ADE Prevention Study Group. Systems analysis of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995;274(1):35-43.
5. Bates DW, Cullen DJ, Laird N, Petersen LA, Small SD, Servi D, et al.; ADE Prevention Study Group. Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events: implications for prevention. JAMA 1995;274(1):29-34.
6. Lesar TS, Briceland L, Stein DS. Factors related to errors in medication prescribing. JAMA 1997;277(4):312-317. (Pubitemid 27045012)
7. Lesar TS, Lomaestro BM, Pohl H. Medication-prescribing errors in a teaching hospital: a 9 year experience. Arch Intern Med 1997;157(14):1569-1576. (Pubitemid 27305201)
8. Leape LL, Cullen DJ, Clapp MD, Burdick E, Demonaco HJ, Erickson JI, et al. Pharmacist participation on physician rounds and adverse events in the intensive care unit. JAMA 1999;282(3):267-270. (Pubitemid 29343170)
9. Scarsi KK, Fotis MA, Noskin GA. Pharmacist participation in medical rounds reduces medication errors. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002;59(21):2089-2092. (Pubitemid 35257731)
10. Kucukarslan SN, Peters M, Mlynarek M, Nafziger DA. Pharmacists on rounding teams reduce preventable adverse drug events in hospital general medicine units. Arch Intern Med 2003;163(17):2014-2018. (Pubitemid 37151242)
11. Thompson CA. JCAHO views medication reconciliation as adverse-event prevention. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005;62(15):1528,1530,1532. (Pubitemid 41060458)
12. Lau HS, Florax C, Porsius AJ, De Boer A. The completeness of medication histories in hospital medical records of patients admitted to general internal medicine wards. BrJ Clin Pharmacol 2000;49(6):597-603. (Pubitemid 30326560)
13. Bedell SE, Jabbour S, Goldberg R, Glaser H, Gobble S, Young-Xu Y, et al. Discrepancies in the use of medications: their extent and predictors in an outpatient practice. Arch Intern Med 2000;160(14):2129-2134. (Pubitemid 30482719)
14. Rozich JD, Resar RK. Medication safety: one organizations approach to the challenge. J Clin Outcomes Manage 2001;8(10):27-34.
15. Cornish PL, Knowles SR, Marchesano R, Tam V, Shadowitz S, Juurlink DN, et al. Unintended medication discrepancies at the time of hospital admission. Arch Intern Med 2005;165(4):424-429. (Pubitemid 40280198)
16. Safer Health Care Now! campaign. How-to guide: adverse drug events (medication reconciliation). Edmonton (AB): Canadian Patient Safety Institute: [cited 2005 Oct]. Available from: http://www.saferhealthcarenow.ca
17. Whittington J, Cohen H. OSF healthcare's journey in patient safety. Qual Manag Health Care 2004;13(1):53-59.
18. Kwan Y, Fernandes OA, Nagge JJ, Wong GG, Huh JH, Hurn DA, et al. Pharmacist medication assessments in a surgical preadmission clinic. Arch Intern Med 2007;167(10):1034-1040. (Pubitemid 46835791)
19. Brown JN, Barnes CL, Beasley B, Cisneros R, Pound M, Herring C. Effect of pharmacists on medication errors in an emergency department. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2008;65(4):330-333. (Pubitemid 351294842)