A Pharmacist's Impact on 30-Day Readmission Rates When Compared to the Current Standard of Care Within a Patient-Centered Medical Home

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 368-373

  Tedesco, Gary W ^a   McConaha, Jamie L ^a   Skomo, Monica L ^a   Higginbotham, Suzanne K ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical pharmacists; hospital readmissions; medication reconciliation; patient centered medical home; transition of care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DAY HOSPITAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PHARMACIST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSITIONAL CARE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHARMACISTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; STANDARD OF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84978199937     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190014568671     Document Type: Article

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