Pharmacy collected medication histories in an observation unit

SAGE Open Medicine
Gabrielle L ProcopioJoseph Feldman

Abstract

Clear processes to facilitate medication reconciliation in a hospital setting are still undefined. The observation unit allows for a high patient turnover rate, where obtaining accurate medication histories is critical. The objective of this study was to assess the ability of pharmacists and student pharmacists to identify discrepancies in medication histories obtained at triage in observation patients. Pharmacists and student pharmacists obtained a medication history for each patient placed in observation status. Patients were excluded if they were unable to provide a medication history and family, caregiver, or community pharmacy was also unable to provide the history. A comparison was made between triage and pharmacy collected medication histories to identify discrepancies. A total of 501 medications histories were collected, accounting for 3213 medication records. There were 1176 (37%) matched medication records and 1467 discrepancies identified, including 808 (55%) omissions, 296 (20.2%) wrong frequency, 278 (19%) wrong dose, 51 (3.5%) discontinued, and 34 (2.3%) wrong medication. There was an average of 2.9 discrepancies per patient profile. In all, 76 (15%) of the profiles were matched. The median time to obtain a medica...Continue Reading

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