Impact of Pharmacist Discharge Medication Therapy Counseling and Disease State Education: Pharmacist Assisting at Routine Medical Discharge (Project PhARMD)

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-300

  Sarangarm, Preeyaporn ^a   London, Matthew S ^a   Snowden, Stanley S ^a   Dilworth, Thomas J ^b   Koselke, Lisa R ^a   Sanchez, Christian O ^c   D'Angio, Richard ^a   Ray, Gretchen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge counseling; hospital readmissions; interventions; patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DISCHARGE COUNSELING; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSIONS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

DISCHARGE COUNSELING; HOSPITAL READMISSIONS; INTERVENTIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84879962328     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860612461169     Document Type: Article

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