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Article: Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement reduce medication errors.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- September 6, 2004
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2004 SEP 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Obtaining complete and accurate medication histories of patients and instituting a medication reconciliation program are vital to reducing medication errors, a new study conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, has shown.
The study demonstrated that when hospital pharmacists perform medication reconciliation, taking steps to ensure patients receive the correct medication and accurate dosage, the number of medication errors dropped and with them the potential for patient injury.
"A medication error, once in a patient's medical record, can carry over from admission through discharge unless medication ...