Background: To reduce medication discrepancies (unintended differences between a
patient's outpatient and inpatient medication regimens), Canadian institutions have …

OBJECTIVES: Medication reconciliation is a Joint Commission for the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations requirement to reduce medication errors. This study evaluated the …

Objective To measure the impact of electronic medication reconciliation implementation on
reports of admission medication reconciliation errors (MREs). Design Quality improvement …

Background: Medication errors are common upon hospital admission. Clinical pharmacist
involvement in medication reconciliation is effective in identifying and rectifying medication …

Background Unintentional medication errors are common at hospital discharge and have
the potential to cause significant patient harm. Current electronic medical records systems …

Introduction Medication errors are frequent at care transition points and can have serious
repercussions. Study objectives were to examine the frequency/type of reconciliation errors …

Objective Describe the types of medication discrepancies that persist despite pharmacist-led
medication reconciliation using the primary care electronic medical record (EMR). Methods …

BACKGROUND The inaccurate recording of medicines on admission to hospital is an
important cause of medication error. Medication reconciliation has been used to identify and …

Background Medication history discrepancies have the potential to cause significant
adverse clinical effects for patients. More than 40% of medication errors can be traced to …

Background Little research has examined the incidence, clinical relevance, and predictors of
medication reconciliation errors at hospital admission and discharge. Objective To identify …