Hospital-based medication reconciliation practices: A systematic review

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1057-1069

  Mueller, Stephanie K ^a,b   Sponsler, Kelly Cunningham ^c,d   Kripalani, Sunil ^c,e   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION;

EID: 84864415100     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2246     Document Type: Review

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