Avoiding a Med-Wreck: a structured medication reconciliation framework and standardized auditing tool utilized to optimize patient safety and reallocate hospital resources

• Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 10
• Main Authors: Elbeddini, Ali, Almasalkhi, Sarah, Prabaharan, Thulasika, Tran, Cindy, Gazarin, Mohamed, Elshahawi, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.01.2021; BioMed Central; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: auditing tool; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Coronaviruses; cost-effective analysis; covid-19; Drugs; Epidemics; Long-term care of the sick; Medical care; Medical care, Cost of; Medication errors; medication reconciliation; Ontario; Patients; Pharmacy; Prevention; Quality management; Ontario; COVID-19; Cost-effective analysis; Auditing tool; Medication errors; Medication reconciliation

The incidence of preventable adverse drug events (ADE) is approximately one medication error per patient per hospital-day. A quality medication reconciliation (MedRec) process is a crucial intervention used to reduce ADE in the hospital and community setting. Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID...