Impact of a Clinical Pharmacy Admission Medication Reconciliation Program on Medication Errors in "High-Risk" Patients

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1599-1610

  Buckley, Mitchell S ^a   Harinstein, Lisa M ^b   Clark, Kimberly B ^c   Smithburger, Pamela L ^d,e   Eckhardt, Doug J ^f   Alexander, Earnest ^g   Devabhakthuni, Sandeep ^h   Westley, Craig A ^a   David, Butch ^a   Kane Gill, Sandra L ^d,e  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BANNER HEALTH   (United States)

^g TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical pharmacy; medication errors; medication reconciliation; medication safety

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; FAMOTIDINE; FERROUS SULFATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LISINOPRIL; MORPHINE; NIFEDIPINE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL PHARMACY; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MEDICATION SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 84891698602     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028013507428     Document Type: Article

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