Improving care transitions: Current practice and future opportunities for pharmacists

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Hume, Anne L ^a   Kirwin, Jennifer ^a   Bieber, Heather L ^a   Couchenour, Rachel L ^a,b   Hall, Deanne L ^a   Kennedy, Amy K ^a,c   LaPointe, Nancy M Allen ^a   Burkhardt, Crystal D O ^a,d   Schilli, Kathleen ^a   Seaton, Terry ^a,e   Trujillo, Jennifer ^a   Wiggins, Barbara ^a,f  

^a American College of Clinical Pharmacy   (United States)

^b LUNDBECK RESEARCH USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transition; Continuity of care; Medication reconciliation; Transition of care

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871590293     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1215     Document Type: Article

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