Improving medication management after a hospitalization with pharmacist home visits and electronic personal health records: An observational study

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2014, Pages

  Kogut, Stephen Jon ^a   Goldstein, Elaina ^a   Charbonneau, Camille ^a   Jackson, Anita ^a   Patry, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Healthcentric Advisors   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transition; Electronic personal health record; Medication reconciliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION ERROR; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84892757426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DHPS.S56574     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Forster AJ, Murff HJ, Petersen JF, Gandi TK, Bates DW. The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138(3):161-167.
2. Coleman EA, Smith JD, Raha D, Min SJ. Post-hospital medication discrepancies: prevalence and contributing factors. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(16):1842-1847.
3. Wong JD, Bajcar JM, Wong GG, et al. Medication reconciliation at hospital discharge: evaluating discrepancies. Ann Pharmacother. 2008;42(10):1373-1379.
4. Ziaeian B, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Horwitz LI. Medication reconciliation accuracy and patient understanding of intended medication changes on hospital discharge. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(11):1513-1520.
5. American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Improving care transitions: optimizing medication reconciliation. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2012;52(4):e43-e52.
6. Kramer JS, Hopkins PJ, Rosendale JC, et al. Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64(4):404-422.
7. Agrawal A, Wu WY. Reducing medication errors and improving systems reliability using an electronic medication reconciliation system. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35(2):106-114.
8. Tang PC, Ash JS, Bates DW, Overhage JM, Sands DZ. Personal health records: definitions, benefits, and strategies for overcoming barriers to adoption. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13(2):121-126.
9. Kaelber DC, Jha AK, Johnston D, Middleton B, Bates DW. A research agenda for personal health records (PHRs). J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15(6):729-736.
10. Smith JD, Coleman EA, Min SJ. A new tool for identifying discrepancies in postacute medications for community-dwelling older adults. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2004;2(2):141-147.