May 25, 2007 (Dallas) — Medication discrepancies in resident sign-outs are frequent and potentially harmful, according to a presentation at Hospital Medicine 2007, the Society for Hospital Medicine ...

For the 12-month period, 210 randomly selected patients were included in the review (Figure 1). The mean ± SD age of patients was 51.9 ± 21.7 years (range 18-97). Other demographic characteristics are ...

RNs are more likely than LPNs to identify high-risk medication discrepancies, suggesting RNs are better equipped to assess and identify medication errors that could pose risks to residents' safety.

Chronic Kidney Disease More Likely in PPI Users In a study, taking a medication not on a nephrologists' list, not taking a specified medication, taking different doses, or following a different ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication reconciliation is challenging during care transitions. Taking the “best possible medication history” ...

Consolidating a patient’s medication lists before hospital admission and upon discharge significantly reduced the number of medication discrepancies in a new analysis of the MARQUIS2 study While ...

The structured and unstructured data in an electronic health record can be harnessed together to improve medication reconciliation and detect discrepancies between medication orders and patient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone app targeting specific “self-care behaviors,” primarily medication management, increased patient ...

Nearly one in 10 hospital patients in the Netherlands has a medication discrepancy uncovered during medication verification, a new study has found. Researchers from several Dutch university medical ...

The authors used aggregate pharmacy claims data available within a primary care electronic health record to identify a high rate of medication discrepancies. ABSTRACTObjectives: Methods for efficient ...

The authors propose statewide programs that would expand the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for all medications-not just opiates-in order to reduce outpatient medication errors. In the ...