PMID: 30221857Sep 18, 2018Paper

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF A REHABILITATION HOSPITAL PHARMACIST IN DETERMINING DISCREPANCIES AND MEDICATION ERRORS DURING PATIENTS` ADMISSION

Harefuah
Hila Yariv, David Dvir

Abstract

The importance of correcting medication errors at hospital admission is paramount for promoting error-free delivery and continuity of care. Recently stakeholders have paid considerable attention to patient safety in acute-care hospitals but less is known about discrepancies and medication errors during patients` admission in other health care settings, such as post-acute care providers. An increased understanding of errors that occur in rehabilitation hospitals, would better equip stakeholders in taking actions to improve the safety of patient care in this unique setting. The primary aim of the current study, conducted in a rehabilitation health care setting, is to study the pharmacist's role in identifying and preventing unintended medication discrepancies at the time of their hospital admission. The lack of available information on medications errors associated with medicines' risk factors and patients' characteristics, led the researcher to her secondary objective: to study the source of error, type of discrepancy and class of medicine most frequently implicated during the transition of care from an acute to a rehabilitation hospital. The researcher performed a retrospective investigation and study of 356 patients with 3071 ...Continue Reading

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