Pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation in an emergency department

Abstract

Pharmacist-conducted medication reconciliation in the ED increased compliance to the institution's medication reconciliation policy for admitted patients. Pharmacist-acquired medication histories had significantly fewer errors in documentation and had more documentation of patient allergies.

Pharmacy services to UK Emergency Departments: a descriptive study

“…Pharmacists' drug histories are more complete than those taken by other healthcare professionals [23][24][25] but under half of organisations represented stated they provided drug history taking in the ED, and a similar proportion had no physical pharmacist presence in the department. New UK guidance on medicines reconciliation highlights a role for accredited pharmacy technicians to support drug history taking [6].…”

“…Our data suggest these short stay ED patients still receive very little pharmacy input in some organisations. The finding that some short-stay ward/areas had no pharmacist input warrants review of pharmacy services around quality of care and medicine risks [24,27].…”

Exploring Barriers to Medication Safety in an Ethiopian Hospital Emergency Department: A Human Factors Engineering Approach

“…2 Previous research has also shown that poorly designed technology 3 , physical workspace, and work processes in EDs can contribute to errors. 4 While it is impossible to completely avoid medication errors, EDs in many high-income countries have successfully reduced medication error-related patient harm through a combination of interventions including, redesign of the physical workspace and work processes 5 , implementation of order review/medication reconciliation programs 6 , interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork 7 , and use of health information technology (health IT). 5,8,9 In contrast, many hospital EDs in low-income countries such as in Ethiopia are far from realizing the benefits of resource intensive interventions such as health IT.…”

Effects of Medication Reconciliation Service Provided by Student Pharmacists in a Tertiary Care Emergency Department

“…[11][12][13][14][15] As part of the American Society of Health System Pharmacist (ASHP) initiatives, pharmacist involvement in medication reconciliation is highly recommended. 16 However, medication reconciliation provided solely by pharmacists can …”