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file Whose responsibility is medication reconciliation: Physicians, pharmacists or nurses? A survey in an academic tertiary care hospital

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8 years 1 month ago #2244 by Lisa Sever
This is a recent publication that holds a lot of value in helping organizations implement medication reconciliation processes (either paper or electronic). Nurses, pharmacists and physicians were surveyed on the various steps within medication reconciliation to discern each professional's role.
This study concludes: The three health care professions recognize the value of medication reconciliation and want to see it implemented in the hospital, yet there is a lack of agreement with regard to roles and responsibilities of each profession within the process.

The results of Table 3 illustrates the discord between the professions.
Find the study here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016415001231

Has your organization done a similar evaluation? Do you feel a survey such as this would help implement or improve the quality of MedRec at your organization?

Please share your feedback.

Lisa

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