This large prospective study demonstrates that medication history acquisition is very often incomplete in the ED. A structured form and a standardised method is necessary. Pharmacists are especially suited to acquire and supervise accurate medication histories, as they are educated and familiar with commonly used drugs.

Full author information is available at the end of the article Greet Van den Berghe, Alexander Wilmer, Rik Gosselink and Greet Hermans have equally contributed. The members of the COVID-19 consortium are listed in "Acknowledgements".

Multiple suitable predictors for PAM-related discrepancies were identified of which higher age and polypharmacy were reported most frequently.

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