2019
DOI: 10.1111/jep.13139
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Barriers to managing medications appropriately when patients have restrictions on oral intake

Abstract: Rationale, aims, and objectives: Investigation of several serious adverse events in our organization highlighted that medications were managed inappropriately when patients have oral intake restrictions. The aim of this work was to identify the barriers to optimal medication management when patients have restrictions on their oral intake.Method: Data were feedback and comments obtained between 2011 and 2014 from a hospital-wide quality assurance project. Data had not been purposefully collected and were in res… Show more

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“…The retrospective study design may have introduced recall bias regarding HCPs' interpretation of events. However, our results for role ambiguity and heavy EHR reliance for communication align with other literature, 33,34,36 supporting the external validity of our findings. HCPs could complete multiple interviews; thus, their strategies may be overrepresented in the larger study, but we mitigated this by including only one interview per HCP in the care coordination analysis.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…The retrospective study design may have introduced recall bias regarding HCPs' interpretation of events. However, our results for role ambiguity and heavy EHR reliance for communication align with other literature, 33,34,36 supporting the external validity of our findings. HCPs could complete multiple interviews; thus, their strategies may be overrepresented in the larger study, but we mitigated this by including only one interview per HCP in the care coordination analysis.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Role ambiguity was a barrier for physicians and pharmacists alike, and has been reported by other studies 33,34 Ambiguity is likely to escalate as the complexity of care coordination increases, with patients receiving care from multiple provider types and institutions. This reflects coordination challenges associated with HCPs' situation awareness 35 of the patients' clinical status and desire to forecast the future clinical state of the patient, which can become more difficult as knowledge of the patient is dispersed across HCPs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 80%