Medication reconciliation accuracy and patient understanding of intended medication changes on hospital discharge

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1513-1520

  Ziaeian, Boback ^a   Araujo, Katy L B ^b   Van Ness, Peter H ^b   Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Adverse drug events; Adverse events; Discharge instructions; Heart failure; Medication reconciliation; Patient education; Pneumonia; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; NOSE SPRAY;

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84867881354     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2168-4     Document Type: Article

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