Pharmacist- versus physician-acquired medication history: a prospective study at the emergency department

Abstract

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.

Pharmacy led medicine reconciliation at hospital: A systematic review of effects and costs

“…Participants and investigators enrolling participants could not foresee the study group assignment 4 Participants and investigators enrolling participants could possibly foresee the study group assignments 5 Insufficient information permit judgment of 'Low risk' or 'High risk' 8 M A N U S C R I P T…”

“…5,6 .It is 36 also estimated that 12% of adverse drug events upon hospital admission were 37 related to medicine use and that each adverse event increase hospital stay by 8.5 38 days on average.. 3,7 …”

Medication discrepancies in older patients admitted to non-geriatric wards: An exploratory study

“…Review by a hospital pharmacist is acknowledged as the highest standard tool to triangulate data collection from the patient and/or carer and community healthcare providers [5]. Medication reconciliation by a pharmacist at admission can potentially improve the accuracy of (home) medications lists and reduce the number of related potential adverse drug reactions [2,6]. Although many studies have used medication reconciliation as an intervention [1,2,[6][7][8][9][10], several aspects remain unexplored in older inpatients.…”

Feasibility of the implementation of medication reconciliation in Hungary

“…[9,10,11,12], az eltérő ellátórendszerekbe [9,10,11,12,13] és különböző profi lú osztályok gyakorlatába átültethető módszer [9,10,11,12]. A gyakorlat megvalósítását a betegbiztonság javítását célzó kampányokban aktív szerepet vállaló szervezetek is támogatják.…”