Impact of an outpatient pharmacist intervention on medication discrepancies and health care resource utilization in posthospitalization care transitions

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-18

  Hawes, Emily M ^a,b   Maxwell, Whitney D ^c   White, Sarah F ^d   Mangun, Jesica ^a,b   Lin, Feng Chang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

^d Sullivan University College of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity; Medication reconciliation; Patient education; Pharmacist; Transitions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUITY EFFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSITIONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

CONTINUITY; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; TRANSITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898869067     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131913502489     Document Type: Article

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