Article: Medication reconciliation in hemodialysis patients

Article: Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement reduce medication errors.
Biotech Week;  September 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......instituting a medication reconciliation program are...reducing medication errors, a new study...pharmacists perform medication reconciliation, taking steps...number of medication errors dropped and...demonstrates is that medication reconciliation is an ...

Article: Medication reconciliation matters.(Professional Issues)(Case study)
MedSurg Nursing;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......rationale for medication reconciliation. The concept of medication reconciliation was first developed...initiative. Medication reconciliation has since evolved...effectiveness of medication reconciliation (IHI, 2006...decrease in medication errors, and ...

Article: Providers Use Technology For Medication Reconciliation.(health care industry)
Health Data Management;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......supposed to have implemented medication reconciliation processes to collect and compare...in place for the five steps of medication reconciliation, which include developing a list...found that using I.T. to support medication reconciliation processes has lessened that burden...

Article: Medication errors in a rural hospital.(Research for Practice)(Clinical report)
MedSurg Nursing;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The incidence of medication errors has been increasing steadily, particularly...medications (Davis, 2002). Underreporting of medication errors is a problem. The number of medication errors reported nationally is believed to be only...

Article: Whose job is medication reconciliation, anyway?
Drug Topics;  November 5, 2007 ;     694 words ...Who should take ownership of medication reconciliation? The Joint Commission tells us that medication reconciliation is a process made up of five steps: develop...points that is responsible for so many medication errors and adverse drug events? Ultimately...worth paying for because we ...

Article: Reducing Risk of Medication Errors: Announcing the Penn Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  October 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ......mission will be to examine medication errors and address practical...fatal effects. Sadly, medication errors are among the most common...is already known about medication errors. The elderly are most...

Article: Managing medication errors--a qualitative study.(Research for Practice)
MedSurg Nursing;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000). Medication errors accounted for 7,391 deaths in 1993...in 1983 (Kohn et al., 2000). These medication errors and the adverse reactions connected...widely report reluctance to disclose medication errors, particularly if an error does not...

Article: Huntsville Hospital Signs With Health Care Systems, Inc. for Automated Medication Reconciliation Services.
Biotech Week;  August 6, 2008 ;     469 words ......market leader in medication reconciliation solutions, has...has used HCS Medication Reconciliation house-wide since...Inc.). HCS Medication Reconciliation, Health Care...

Article: United States: Huntsville Hospital signs with Health Care Systems, Inc. for automated medication reconciliation services.
TendersInfo;  July 25, 2008 ;     418 words ......and the market leader in medication reconciliation solutions, has entered...Hospital System has used HCS Medication Reconciliation house-wide since March 2008. HCS Medication Reconciliation, Health Care Systems...

Article: Fourth annual report on medication errors in U.S. hospitals issued.
Health & Medicine Week;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......more than one third of hospital medication errors that reach the patient involve seniors...understand, and ultimately prevent medication errors in hospitals. The MEDMARX data report...comprehensive analysis of 192,477 medication errors as voluntarily reported by 482 hospitals...

Article: Standardizing Medication Reconciliation Across Facilities.
Health Data Management;  April 1, 2007 ;     475 words ......the development of a standard medication reconciliation process at 26 facilities across...numerous complexities surrounding medication reconciliation. Steward spoke during the Nursing...organizations that think they have medication reconciliation figured out often have a lot...

Article: Most medication errors don't hurt hospital patients. (Performance Deficits).
OB GYN News;  February 1, 2003 ;     307 words ...Most medication errors that occur in hospitals do not harm patients, Diane Cousins said in a Webcast on medication errors sponsored by U.S. Pharmacopeia. Overall, 97.6% of medication errors that occurred in hospitals voluntarily...

Article: Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.
Hospital Topics;  September 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract. Medication errors in hospital settings are considered...solution will radically reduce medication errors in hospitals and save the lives...failure mode effects analysis, medication errors, technology The Scope and Nature...

Article: Hand-Offs and Lack of Coordination Contribute to Perioperative Medication Errors
AANA Journal;  May 1, 2007 ;     493 words ......face an increased risk of harmful medication errors throughout the surgery process due...released on March 6. The report studied medication errors in the perioperative setting-including...national analyses of perioperative medication errors, the MEDMARX report examined more...