Impact of electronic medication reconciliation interventions on medication discrepancies at hospital transitions: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mekonnen, Alemayehu B ^a,b   Abebe, Tamrat B ^b   McLachlan, Andrew J ^a,c   Brien, Jo Anne E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care transition; Electronic medication reconciliation; Medication discrepancies; Medication errors; Medication history; Medication safety

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84983262200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0353-9     Document Type: Review

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