Medication reconciliation: time to save? A cross-sectional study from one acute hospital

Walsh, Elaine; Kirby, Ann; Kearney, Patricia M.; Bradley, Colin; Fleming, Aoife; O’Connor, Kieran; Halleran, Ciaran; Cronin, T.; Calnan, Elaine; Sheehan, Patricia; Galvin, Laura; Byrne, Derina; Sahm, Laura J.

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“…It is advised that all patients receive MR prior to, or within, 24 h after hospitalisation [ 16 ]. However, in practice, MR is particularly performed with patients with a greater risk of medication discrepancies, because it is a time consuming process [ 14 , 16 , 17 ]. Previous research indicated that different factors are associated with the number of identified medication discrepancies.…”

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Risk factors for clinically relevant deviations in patients’ medication lists reported by patients in personal health records: a prospective cohort study in a hospital setting

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Background Personal health records have the potential to identify medication discrepancies. Although they facilitate patient empowerment and broad implementation of medication reconciliation, more medication discrepancies are identified through medication reconciliation performed by healthcare professionals. Aim We aimed to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of a clinically relevant deviation in a patient’s medication list based on a personal health record (used by patients) compared to medication reconciliation performed by a healthcare professional. Method Three- to 14 days prior to a planned admission to the Cardiology-, Internal Medicine- or Neurology Departments, at Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands, patients were invited to update their medication file in their personal health records. At admission, medication reconciliation was performed by a pharmacy technician. Deviations were determined as differences between these medication lists. Associations between patient-, setting-, and medication-related factors, and the occurrence of a clinically relevant deviation (National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention class $$\ge$$ ≥ E) were analysed. Results Of the 488 patients approached, 155 patients were included. Twenty-four clinically relevant deviations were observed. Younger patients (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.94; 95%CI:0.91–0.98), patients who used individual multi-dose packaging (aOR 14.87; 95%CI:2.02–110), and patients who used $$\ge$$ ≥ 8 different medications, were at highest risk for the occurrence of a clinically relevant deviation (sensitivity 0.71; specificity 0.62; area under the curve 0.64 95%CI:0.52–0.76). Conclusion Medication reconciliation is the preferred method to identify medication discrepancies for patients with individual multi-dose packaging, and patients who used eight or more different medications.

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