The impact of medication reconciliation program at admission in an internal medicine department

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 696-700

  Zoni, Ana Clara ^a   Durán García, María Esther ^a   Jiménez Muñoz, Ana Belén ^a   Salomón Pérez, Roberto ^a   Martin, Paloma ^a   Herranz Alonso, Ana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerized reconciliation tool; Medication errors; Medication reconciliation; Patient Safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHARMACISTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84869095023     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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