Impact of Medication Reconciliation and Review on Clinical Outcomes

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1298-1312

  Lehnbom, Elin C ^a   Stewart, Michael J ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^b,c,d   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; medication reconciliation; medication review; systematic review

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSUMER; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; HOSPITAL; NURSING HOME; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907313677     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014543485     Document Type: Review

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